A beautiful release from Kyle Jones comes through with an array of pieces that focus on his saxophone performance but also brings in some incredible players that help build the record and create unique works that all feel alive in their own way with each piece bringing different temperaments and letting you drift off into their sounds.
The first track on the release is called "This Earthly Round (Redux) composed by Miriama Young and brings in pianist Timothy Jones. This piece of work is performed brilliantly and has such unique forward-moving growth to it. The song expands in intensity towards the middle of the piece and then calms back down and exhales towards the end, again, letting you soak in what you just heard.
The following track is called "Las Dolly Sisters" which comes right in with both Jones and clarinetist Julian Hernandez and these two textures and tonalities are brilliant together as they bounce with each other and off of each other throughout the course of the song. There's something animated in colorful about the way this track unfolds, and it lets you paint certain kinds of imagery in your head as you listen which is something I adore about this entire release actually.
The song is followed by "Lessons of the Sky" which features amazing piano work and as Jones switches to soprano sax you can hear a little bit of difference in the tonality and texture. What's amazing about this track is how the two instruments seem to bounce in almost speaking to each other with call-back approaches. This was a brilliant approach, and I feel like it was performed with a thriving presence that you can't turn away from.
The next track is called "Tableau IX" by Tyson Gholston Davis and is performed solely by Jones on an alto sax. What really grabs you about this track is it feels hauntingly cinematic and takes you through these different kinds of emotion as it plays through. The piece is meant to focus on the unique temperaments of the instrument and its textures, and it works like a charm. You get drawn into this piece straight away and are stuck in that world for the remaining four and a half minutes.
"Mambo Ninon" is the next track bringing us back to Gabriella Ortiz once again and the track is based mostly on piano and saxophone. This track seems to feel alive as it plays through and takes you through, once again, these different levels of intensity and almost emotion at the same time.
A lot of these pieces have a unique way of wrapping themselves around you and keeping you in their world.
The final piece of music on this release is a track composed originally by Chris DeBlasio called "Walt Whitman in 1989".
This is a gorgeous piece of music that you end up falling right into because it delivers such a lush atmosphere. What's amazing about this piece is that it was originally written for voice but has now been adapted for the saxophone of course, and incredibly well performed once again.
All the emotion and intensity is there and listening to this record in full will take you to places you never thought you'd be. That's the beauty of listening to pieces of music like this. The sex performances by Kyle Jones throughout this release showcase his love for the craft and the instrument as he's able to control characters, temperaments, and emotions, and display those aspects perfectly.
Have listened to this album and in my opinion, do it with headphones on.
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