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Mark Bialczak's review of the new ESP cd, "TIME'S UP!"
Here's my Post-Standard review for E.S.P.'s "Time's Up!"
Bass player Matthew Vacanti says this about making a record: "It's never finished,; you just run out of time."
Hence the title of E.S.P.'s new collection, "Time's Up," on Vacanti's Baldwinsville label Spider Records.
Truth be told, all the elements seemed to be positioned just right in time and space. The fourth E.S.P. album has been percolating in the minds of founding E.S.P. members Vacanti and guitarist John Magnante since "Uptown Express" came out in 2004.
Vacanti wrote three of the all-original pieces; his contributions start with the fast and bold title cut and include the big-beat wallop of "Stone Cold." Magnante penned five, including the passionate "Copper Room" and the complex "Merge."
Woodwind standout Brian Scherer also wrote three pieces, including the rich and true "Be Bop Da Wap," in which he allows Vacanti to throw in a bass solo of the familiar "Woody Woodpecker" melody. Much fun.
With drummer Karl Sterling oh-so-solid throughout, together they play the heck out of all 11 songs. Call it an Extra Special Performance.
Catch a show: E.S.P. performs at 6 p.m. Thursdays at Mohegan Manor in Baldwinsville, and at 7 p.m. April 24 at Patz on the River in Oswego.
On the Internet: www.espjazz.org.
And, here's a update sent in by Vacanti too late to make the print edition: "Our CDBaby page is finally up," he says. "Folks can listen and buy the CD and mP3s http://cdbaby.com/cd/espjazz3, and, of course, at www.spiderrecords.org.
Posted by Mark Bialczak April 12, 2009 6:00AM
Bass player Matthew Vacanti says this about making a record: "It's never finished,; you just run out of time."
Hence the title of E.S.P.'s new collection, "Time's Up," on Vacanti's Baldwinsville label Spider Records.
Truth be told, all the elements seemed to be positioned just right in time and space. The fourth E.S.P. album has been percolating in the minds of founding E.S.P. members Vacanti and guitarist John Magnante since "Uptown Express" came out in 2004.
Vacanti wrote three of the all-original pieces; his contributions start with the fast and bold title cut and include the big-beat wallop of "Stone Cold." Magnante penned five, including the passionate "Copper Room" and the complex "Merge."
Woodwind standout Brian Scherer also wrote three pieces, including the rich and true "Be Bop Da Wap," in which he allows Vacanti to throw in a bass solo of the familiar "Woody Woodpecker" melody. Much fun.
With drummer Karl Sterling oh-so-solid throughout, together they play the heck out of all 11 songs. Call it an Extra Special Performance.
Catch a show: E.S.P. performs at 6 p.m. Thursdays at Mohegan Manor in Baldwinsville, and at 7 p.m. April 24 at Patz on the River in Oswego.
On the Internet: www.espjazz.org.
And, here's a update sent in by Vacanti too late to make the print edition: "Our CDBaby page is finally up," he says. "Folks can listen and buy the CD and mP3s http://cdbaby.com/cd/espjazz3, and, of course, at www.spiderrecords.org.
Posted by Mark Bialczak April 12, 2009 6:00AM
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