The Crimson Jazz Trio’s website has been updated to include some glowing press reviews.
Writing for L.A. Jazz Scene, Bob Comden offers a detailed review of CJ3’s debut at La Ve Lee. “They are not meant to just cover songs but there is an attempt to make them new and interesting. They have chosen their material well and have reinvented the tunes. Each tune was given its own strong personality, as they explore the rich melodic themes from the Crimson library” observes an impressed Comden.
Elsewhere on the site Downbeat’s John Ephland writes “CJ3 plucks songs from different eras and plays them relatively straight: This is not an acoustic version of a rock band but a mainstream jazz interpretation/reinvention of pop material.”
Good to see CJ3 picking up such positive reviews. When I first heard the album back in June 2005, I was bowled over by the inventive and original reinterpretations of those Crimson tunes. As I said back then “It shouldn’t work but it really does and spectacularly well.”
Check out both stories in full by visiting the CJ3 online.
