Darryl Brenzel [Pentasphere]
This is the third time i've played this disc, and it's slowly growing on me, i bought it on Ebay, probably a couple of years ago, it's good to hear it again, it appeared in my Blog at the end of 2010 [30th December 2010], this is the way to truly delve into Jazz discs, to keep listening to them, not give up if at first you don't like them, and don't worry if you're not liking them either, play it and leave it aside for a year, and then give it another go, in a lot of ways Brenzel is not complex, fairly easy to listen to, and yet there's the danger it would be shallow, still early days on this disc. but i certainly enjoyed it today.
Darryl Brenzel is American i guess, not a household Jazz name, he recorded this disc in 1998, the front cover photograph is a peach [photo by Karin Sigman], actually a black & white shot, but then a couple of coloured filters are added, i guess purple and brown, making a diagonal merging of colours, the whole thing is a great idea, i like the photo, a thoughtful pose, saxophone in hand, notice the 'no admittance' sign!, is there a message here?.
The track that i found the greatest was track 6 'Pentasphere', and this was the same one that i loved a couple of years ago,
