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The electrifying Harold Blanchard Trio has now embarked on a mellisonant voyage. Their latest CD appropriately entitled: Soulful Fourcast, adds a fourth member, vocalist Suzy Park. Her soulful yet urbane voice beckons one to come aboard and share in this venture into new musical horizons. -Larry Brian Binns, Personal Assistant: http://passiveechoes.iuma.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For his new album, jazz pianist Harold Blanchard created a now gentle, now effervescent song titled: A Man Called Evans. It's a paean to one of his main inspirations, legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans. The new album by Blanchard's trio, and fans of classic-style jazz will be talking excitedly about a man called Blanchard. The CD is a stunningly beautiful work, full of spry inventiveness and mellow elegance. Its lyricism will mesmerize casual listeners, and the technical intricacies of the musicians will startle jazz-heads. On the aforementioned tribute to Evans, Blanchard begins his journey with a plaintive, meandering melody, shape-shifts mid-song into a carefree vibe, then drifts back into a melancholy mood -- a perfect musical metaphor for the too-brief life of Evans. Along with Blanchard's world-class improvisations, the music is spiced by another not-so-secret weapon: Archard's many tasteful, melodic bass solos, which refresh these songs like spring showers. Throughout the CD, bassist Archard shows he has chops to spare, while his bass builds a Vulcan mind-meld to Blanchard's piano work. That is, there must be some sort of musical telepathy happening here. As Blanchard casually admitted last year in an interview with The News-Journal, I'm after more melody . . . I'm trying to make jazz more digestible -- that may be the word -- for the listener. But do not confuse melody or digestible for simplistic. With Chuck Archard on acoustic and electric bass and Ron Cangro on drums, Blanchard glides into an ultra-hip riff on: Off the Track, a song that boasts all the sauciness of a Dave Brubeck work.
If there's any justice in the music world, Blanchard (a New Smyrna Beach resident) once again will gain attention on the national stage, as he did in 1985, when he recorded his: New Earth Sonata, with such titans as conductor Quincy Jones, keyboardist Chick Corea and flutist Hubert Laws. CD REVIEWS By RICK de YAMPERT of The Daytona Beach News And Journal
NEXT SCHEDULED APPEARANCE: "THE HAMPTION JAZZ FESTIVAL", JUNE 29, 2003 WITH GLADYS KNIGHT AND DAVID SANBORN...www.hamptoncoliseum.org/jazz
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| Featuring Vocalist, Suzy Park |
CD: Soulful Fourcast
Label: Independent
Credits: Written By: Chuck Archard, ASCAP |
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| Dedicated To Steve and Debbie Charity |
CD: Soulful Fourcast
Label: Independent
Credits: Written by: Harold A. Blanchard, BMI |
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CD: Soulful Fourcast
Credits: Written By: Chuck Archard, ASCAP |
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