When American drummer Mark Guiliana returns to acoustic jazz, the result is a close-knit and warm-blooded album. Guiliana is undoubtedly one of the most important drummers of the 10s. He counts both and among his influences and as a musician - leader or sideman - leaves no style untouched. From the complex post bop of (bassist) to the dark rock of David Bowie's swan song . Jersey is a tribute to
… the US state where he was born and still lives with his young family. He immediately took his quartet into the studio after a tour, so that the repertoire was still hot off the press. The band cooks on this album which has a positive and energetic vibe. In between, the spryly bopping The Mayor Of Rotterdam (a tribute to Ahmed Aboutaleb?) Is of course not out of place. A dragging version of Bowie's Where Are We Now? radiates spirituality rather than sadness, especially when his wife and son join the closing chorus. (MR)more
