Jumping onto forbidden borders.
(Although Jamie Saft is best known as a jazz pianist, especially for his
work with various Masada projects, he's a rocker at heart; Swami LatePlate -his duo with drummer Bobby
Previte- seeks to a degree to cross the divide. In one sense a piano
trio, with Saft doubling on electric bass, the project borrows as much
from heavy rock sensibilities. Their debut album and the first on Saft's
new label Veal, falls closer to the jazz side, but the title indicates
the process that got them there.
Using doom -a slow, foreboding style of heavy metal- as a template, the duo crafts a set of songs that creeps along powerfully. The themes are simple, generally carried by subdued bass lines and ornamented by the piano like salt on a glacier. What jumps out most is Previte's drumming. Every cymbal vibration and snare snap leaps to the foreground and, with rare exception, decays before the next strike, as much a testament to Previte's assured playing as Saft's engineering. The sound throughout is bright and super present).
Using doom -a slow, foreboding style of heavy metal- as a template, the duo crafts a set of songs that creeps along powerfully. The themes are simple, generally carried by subdued bass lines and ornamented by the piano like salt on a glacier. What jumps out most is Previte's drumming. Every cymbal vibration and snare snap leaps to the foreground and, with rare exception, decays before the next strike, as much a testament to Previte's assured playing as Saft's engineering. The sound throughout is bright and super present).
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