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- Summary: Jazz pianist Neil Cowley's latest release includes a strings group and guitarist Leo Abrahams.
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- Record Label: Naim
- Genre(s): Jazz
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UncutApr 26, 2012Cowley's songs sound lie pulsating Bond themes, funeral laments and the greatest stadium-filling anthems that Coldplay never wrote. [Feb 2012, p.83]
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Mar 28, 2012It's hard to resist its eager warmth, and invitation to dance.
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Mar 28, 2012Sometimes [the strings'] swell threatens to overwhelm the quirkiness, but in the best things, such as Skies are Rare, they work perfectly together.
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MojoMar 28, 2012This eclectic offering confirms that the trio's music is an unclassifiable meld of idioms that includes strong rock and pop influences. [Mar 2012, p.92]
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Mar 28, 2012The liberal use of string sections throughout do teeter on the brink of out-and-out cheese but Cowley's trio have enough class and, dare I say, verve to pull through.
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Mar 28, 2012Cowley has crafted a coherent, carefully planned suite of music here with a strong conceptual framework and a remarkably consistent sound.
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Mar 28, 2012It's not so certain that Cowley's taste-making always succeeds, despite the overall optimistic vitality of his tunes.
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