http://cdbaby.com/cd/wolfpacmusic
http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=x7g...p;ref=index.php
I did not really care for Mr. Wolf's previous album (Japan-only), outstanding playing but it was so "classic" that it didn't speak to me in terms of anything other than "product". My problem, not theirs.
but THIS one....
Ok, a few things are still kinda "classic" in tone, but they are few and they are not dominant. the rest is...well, it's like, if I have a chance to hear someth9ing before buying, as I did this one, the deciding factor for me if all else fails is whether or not I already have something in the archives that gives me the same thing. And this one, musically, is kinda reminiscent of those Cindy Blackman Muse sides of a while back, only with a few degrees more separation from a Tony Williams obsession (not necessarily a BAD thing, I'm just sayin'...), BUT what I got out of this that I don't have, couldn't have anywhere else is a sense of personality, personal energy, personal stories being told, albeit in a relatively older format. Hey, if you speak, SPEAK, and these folks SPEAK!
There IS an occasional Rhodes, btw. For some that's a deal breaker, but AFAIC, with this much WHOOOOOOSH going on, you NEED that fatness underneath it. I wish the whole thing had Rhodes!
Anyway - good stuff from some largely unfamiliar, younger names. Check 'em out & show 'em some love,