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Solar Wind: Grand Tour Alignment

Read "Grand Tour Alignment" reviewed by AAJ Staff


The cover is grandiose: the title refers to a rare occurrence, when all planets are in the same corner of sky. You expect something cosmic; for the first minute (all synths and passing comets) that’s what you get. And then it comes down to earth: twirling guitars, airy keys, and the occasional horn (Eric Marienthal, whooping it loud.) It’s an expected approach, but done with flair; smooth, but not sleepy. And the title fits: they do have everything all lined ...

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Solar Wind: Grand Tour Alignment

Read "Grand Tour Alignment" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Grand Tour Alignment (Chartmaker)

Here’s yet another album of acoustic and synthesized dross masquerading as Jazz. Solar Wind is a splendid title for the core group (Sean Mason, Eric Robson) as this sounds at the outset like the soundtrack for a Star Wars sequel before settling into a threadbare groove aimed straight at the heart of “smooth Jazz” radio. Mason wrote eight of the nine pieces, Robson the other, and except for “Grand Tour Alignment” (the pseudo–soundtrack) they are instantly ...

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Paint Me

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Grand Tour Alignment

ChartMaker Records
2000

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