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Triocity: I Believe In You
ByWith I Believe In You, Triocity invests itself fully in the art of interpretive expression. The material the group chooses to work with is most certainly over-ripe in nature, having been covered ad infinitum, but songs like these never go out of style. The seeds of success are set into each onethere's a reason they're so durableand it's simply up to the musicians to sow and cultivate those seeds. These three have no problem doing that, speaking to each song's strengths.
The title track serves as a portal into one facet of Triocity's identity, injecting a dose of nervous energy into the air. Pillow's alto saxophone is firm and dynamic in nature, Campbell's bass is filled with boundless energy, and Thompson, shifting between a hyper Mozambique-esque groove and driving swing, serves as the high horsepower engine behind it all. Whether working with bebop, Broadway, pure beauty, or seductive sentiments, these three have it down. Charlie Parker's "Quasimodo" opens on a unison head from Pillow and Campbell before the former takes the lead, "Just In Time" is bright and gay in spirit and sound, "Skylark" retains its breeziness while shedding any unnecessary trappings of nostalgia, and "Slow Hot Wind," dedicated to the late Gerry Niewood, sways with a quiet intensity, brought out to its fullest through a bass flute lead.
Pillow, to a certain extent, winds up serving as the de facto leader in sound herehorn players can't help it in piano-less trios, can they?but his arsenal of instruments doesn't tell the whole tale. Campbell steps up to the plate as storyteller and soloist, Thompson gets his trades in, and all three men click in all the right ways. Triocity sells itself by simply taking classic material and going to town with it. That concept doesn't work for everybody, but it most certainly does for this group.
Track Listing
I Believe In You; Invitation; Trinkle, Tinkle; Quasimodo; Just In Time; Skylark; There Will Never Be Another You; Slow Hot Wind; Donna Lee; Cherokee.
Personnel
Charles Pillow
saxophoneCharles Pillow: alto saxophone, alto flute, bass flute, clarinet, bass clarinet; Jeff Campbell: bass; Rick Thompson: drums.
Album information
Title: I Believe In You | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Origin Records
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About Charles Pillow
Instrument: Saxophone
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