ESCREET, JOHN
SEISMIC SHIFT (LTD. GREY MARBLE VINYL) (SECOND RECORDS)
2LP - 180 Gram Vinyl / Handnumbered Edition limited to 300 Units, grey marble vinyl. Pianist John Escreet, hailed by Time Out London as a "transatlantic jazz genius," continues his artistic ascent with the bold, exploratory new album Seismic Shift.
The UK native teams up with Eric Revis (bass) and Damion Reid (drums) for a set brimming with fire and invention.
Seismic Shift offers ground-shaking evidence that Escreet ranks as one of the top pianist-auteurs of our time.
The album gives what the title implies: it involves tumult, rupture, earthquake. Escreet and his colleagues unleash a lot of power, whether freely improvising, sculpting sound with extended techniques, or for that matter playing elegant tonal harmony.