Saturday, December 8, 2012

*** Thunder from Down Under by Frank Gambale – A Disappointment of Jazz Fusion Mediocrity


Jazz fusion is my favorite genre.  However, with this album Frank Gambale deals subpar work.  This is clearly not what attracts me to the jazz fusion genre.  Some folks may like it, and it is not as if I would have a problem with that.  I’ll be honest, Frank Gambale is an amazing guitarist, but the song writing on this is terrible.  However, I don’t see Thunder from Down Under blazing any trails for the jazz fusion genre.  Gambale would do better to pair himself with a song writer.
So what is with the stars anyway?  That is, why not 1 star instead of 3.  That is because these musicians are actually playing sophisticated music from their hearts.  As I have said before, an album need only be in the genre of what I would call jazz fusion to get 3 stars from me, and that is simply because I love it so much.  Maybe I would change that if there was more jazz fusion out there, and possibly give 1 or 2 star ratings, but it is not as if I look forward to such a world.

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