Monday, January 31, 2022

Jack DeSalvo - Numinous (January 31, 2022 Unseen Rain Records)

Jack DeSalvo's music covers a lot of ground, but with this trio it's an intimate affair, melodic, often swinging yet with arching, virtuosic solos all around. This trio has been the nucleus of a number of ensembles both live and on record - Quintrepid, Zone and others. DeSalvo exclusively plays nylons string guitar here, utilizing his amazing facility that's a synthesis of classical and jazz technique. Here the music's the thing from the open Dream of the Lynx to the two swinging takes of Perhaps.The fullness is more like a piano trio but with the expressive touch of the guitar. Dmitri and Tom are deep listeners which make the music rich emotionally and powerful in its realization.

1. One Footprint
2. Numinous
3. Perhaps Take 1
4. Liquid Stones
5. Aside
6. Exuvae
7. Perhaps Take 2
8. Dream of The Lynx
9. Balue Bolivar

Jack DeSalvo - guitar (Godin nylon string)
Dmitri Ishenko - double-bass
Tom Cabrera - drums

All music by Jack DeSalvo except Balue Bolivar by T. Monk

Recorded at Woodshedd Studio, Westbury, NY
Mixed and mastered by Larry Hutter, Orlando, FL
Front photo of group by Eli Forde
Design by Qua's Eye Graphix
An Unseen Rain Production