![]() True to its name and mission, this year's fest also features a number of terrific Missouri-based acts. They initiate and carry "Conversations" the song, and a greater discourse. In the skilled hands of Searight and Werth, percussion cries out against injustice, calls into the distance for human connection, smiles wide, and expresses emotions ranging from joy to discontent and sublime desire. While Ghost-Note features vocals on some cuts, the drums do most of the talking. The title track is bright and deep, a brilliant jazz melody delivered by the saxophone floats on funky currents of bass, percussion and organ, showing how capable the band truly is. "Fortified" is the sound of musical abundance, making room for phasey synths, dyed-in-the-wool funk and Beastie Boys-esque hip-hop - and that's before the band offers a tune called "Beastie," deep in the tracklist.Ģ018's "Swagism" stretches the spectrum in both directions, incorporating both more sonic collage and traditional funk. ![]() That nimbleness can be heard on the band's pair of albums, and no doubt extends live. The band's core lineup, as identified on its website, includes players who have backed the likes of Prince, Kirk Franklin and Toto. Searight and Werth's vision reaches out to enfold a big, modern band of players who synthesize many styles in the name of making a substantive impression. ![]() Louis' Music at the Intersection is a soul and jazz lover's paradiseĪnd Ghost-Note embodies this big-ears, open-arms approach. ![]() Then a jubilant call-and-response breaks out, again all on drums, before the cut rounds into shape, approximating a funky street parade.įormed by a pair of percussionists, Robert "Sput" Searight and Nate Werth, whose resumes include time in the Grammy-winning force-of-nature collective Snarky Puppy, Ghost-Note always puts its best beat forward.Ĭolumbia audiences can get down to the sound in early September, when Ghost-Note headlines the one-day MO Jazz Music Festival in Rose Park.Īn annual effort of the nonprofit Jazz Forward Initiative, the festival distills a wide variety of jazz and jazz-adjacent music into a single sitting. "Conversations," the first song from the band's 2015 debut "Fortified," opens with a long, concentrated drum roll - the percussive equivalent of a singer finishing a surprising run in one breath. It's no surprise that Ghost-Note chose to introduce itself with drums. ![]()
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