Something Like Now
Moutin Reunion Quartet |
Nocturne
By Chris
May
(...)
The Moutins have remarkably
similar composing styles. Because they're twins? Or because they're
both rhythm
section players? Je ne sais
pas, but I suspect a bit of both.
(...)
The standard of musicianship
is high, as you'd expect from a band led by two top sessionmen, and
although
the Moutins take all the writing credits, they don't hog the solo
space.
Margitza is up front pretty much throughout with his no-frills,
full-throttle
blend of Coltrane, Shorter, and Brecker. Bethmann is probably the
freshest
voice at the mic, and he delivers blindingly intense solos on
“Echoing,”
“M.R.C.,” and the perversely named “Take It
Easy.”
(...)
And the bottom line? This is
technically accomplished, high-energy jazz, with a well-defined
aesthetic and
truckloads of group interplay and muscular soloing. It is, perhaps, a
touch
muso-ish, and the composition base might benefit from being broadened
to
include other writers, but it's an often exhilarating ride.
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