Excerpt From A Music Review By Kirpal Gordon And Benny Gottwald.
Sticking with “Birth of the Cool,” I was also highly impressed by Adamo’s layering of references to the jazz canon; on that track, most obviously named in honor of Miles, the cat talks about taking “giant steps ‘round midnight.” He’s got the energies of three greats—Mingus, Miles, and Trane—all intermingled in one big mind of a song, and if you listen closely, you can hear the band comping on the changes to “Giant Steps.” You gotta dig that layering of influence, all compounding together, balancing out the musical and lyrical blend.
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Kirpal Gorden/Hofstra Writing Studies and Composition faculty member and noted spoken word entertainer. His prose poetry, fiction, journalism, alternate lyrics to the Great American Songbook/music reviews have been widely published.
Benny Gottwald MD & bassist, composer, vocalist/Hofstra Univ/ Hempstead, New York.
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