Very more-ish
He may have only played a relatively small roll on El Roi although the harmonising with Soweto Kinch on key passages is highly stimulating.
But trumpeter, flugel player Josh Short has more of a role here on this recently issued album of drummer Finn Genockey‘s.
Mournful, plaintive – yes. But communicative and honest too. It’s a quartet studio album recorded in Brighton back in the spring of last year. The musical term “tacet” from the latin translates as silent. In other words when an instrument or voice does not sound – like when there’s a rest. It’s like a hymn to the silence.
The tacit – pun intended – but you don’t need me to tell you – factor here is flow. The whole thing runs like a river. I think of a Yeats poem and the line “All that’s beautiful drifts away.” Personnel is completed by double bassist Nico Klöffer and pianist Rasmus Sørensen. Tunes are Genockey’s.
Finn debuts here. He reminds me of Seb Rochford circa Dim Lit.
Emma Rawicz followers will know Genockey’s bustling work on the saxist’s 2022 album Incantation.
Short is the main “voice” and everybody plays to him without ego or agenda. The prolific Sørensen on piano impressed me on At The RIght Time. His touch is a bit like Esben Tjalve‘s
I’m not familiar with German bassist Nico Klöffer. ‘Still Life’ is the best thing here but all the tunes are really strong and paint a picture – the melody a little Kenny Wheeler-like perhaps.
According to Turin Brakes bassist Eddie Myer who has written the notes: “‘The Tree Atop The Hill’ started life as a big band chart, with an evocation of the Devon countryside that’s at once intricate and accesibly melodic.” Myers says that ‘Avellino’ was written for Finn’s grandfather Raffaelle, namechecking his Neapolitan hometown.” That’s amore. It’s all more-ish.
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