When I listen to instrumental music, I’m often drawn to the title of the piece – then after listening to the piece I ask how close it felt to the given title. I will admit I’m not sure what the first track titled “150” means, a nice bluesy trio piece, but whether I can match the title with the song, this piece surely works. “Maybe It’s Better This Way”, is a sweet samba with acoustic guitar falling in & out of the arrangement during the lead melody, which comps the electric lead. The distorted sound style of Sung-Eun’s lead with the contrast of acoustic guitar comping is nice – the Yin & the Yang if you will – it works for me.
The cd is full of nice originals, and I will admit my favorite is a piece titled, “3 AM”- a lovely guitar intro which develops into a duet between Sung-Eun on Guitar and Anderson on Drums. Both players are in the moment in a lovely way.
My intuition tells me this recording was pretty much done in a “studio live” way, with very little over-dubbing. The energy is nice and the project was nicely recorded and mixed.
Reviewed By Steve Barta
