Much of what is produced in jazz today is stiff and academic. Much remains dominated as well by the influence of atonal “free” or so-called “avant-garde” jazz. Any number of soloists today can—and do—take the most complex, unorthodox or adventurous paths through their chord changes but, as it turns out, this is not always the most musical path. There is too little that “swings.” Too little has the wit and humor of some of the best jazz. Whole areas of human emotion and experience tend to be neglected. The music performed by The Royal Garden Trio is something else. One senses these musicians know their history and have assimilated some of the best of the ideas and attitudes of jazz in the 1920s and 1930s, when this most sophisticated music reached its widest, popular audience.
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 03:35:00 +0000
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