Are Possible is the latest album of countrified blues jazz trio explorations by Durham North Carolina artist Nathan Bowles and his trio of Casey Toll and Rex McMurry with special guest Skylar Gudasz.
The album opens with the countrified blues instrumental of Dappled whose central repeating riff is built around with banjo, double bass and percussion to have an early evening back porch feel, the sun Dappled music accompanies your sundowners.
The Ternions is a triple treat, thrice elucidated country jazz triptych, of intense emotional bridges through tempo triangulations, tensions sawed away bass testimonials trickle throughout.
Our Air is vibrating with double bass notes, inviting the snare to reply as they await the banjo, making sure they avoid spending too much time on a G-string. The bass has dark storm threatened edges, banjo like sunlight peeking through the clouds, suddenly Skylar Gudasz's flute joins the party floating through the central motif like a mediaeval piper.
Top Button is far more upbeat bluegrass inflected hoedown, I almost expected a line dance caller to suddenly start giving out instructions.
Gimme My Shit is a shuffling bluegrass jazz tune, urging whoever has taken your shit to give it right back, do it now, before they get angry and start paddling you with the banjo.
The album concludes with Aims such as making bluegrass jazz instrumental crossover records super popular, they must be the next big thing, allowing the long bass notes time to sink in, while the banjo finds its way to make those Aims in life into realities.
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