Album Review: A Burgeoning Consciousness from Noshir Mody

Album Review:  A Burgeoning Consciousness from Noshir Mody
Picturesque Scenes Put to Music
Label:  Self-Released
Website:  https://www.noshirmody.net

Guitarist Noshir Mody puts picturesque scenes to music.  His landscapes on guitar illustrate luxurious moods, which can be heard on his latest release A Burgeoning Consciousness.  Six of his originals are featured on the project, and performed by a sextet made up of tenor saxophonist Mike Mullan, trumpet player Benjamin Hankle, pianist Campbell Charshoe, bassist John Lanis, drummer Yutaka Uchida, and himself.

The liquidity fluency of the recording is constant.  The musicians stretch and recline with a fanciful scroll, surrounding the listener in solace.  Utopian sounding, the musicians display a strong sense of harmony.  Conjuring tranquilizing ethers even when Mody indulges in a swathe of improvised phrasing along "Consequences of the Unintiated."  The music wafts a meditative lulling, as the sextet takes listeners to a faraway land with their music.  A place where tension is absent even when instruments take turns lobing over one another.

The wistful reflections penned by the horns along "Precipice of Courage" create a graphic yarn, as through roiling emotions were set to music.  Trussed in Charshoe's keys pervading a  lyrical style, the track reveals dynamic personalities within the sextet.  Each expressing their distinct voice along their respective intervals.  The group's ardor for creating, sometimes with zealous and sometimes with delicacy, is prevalent throughout the recording.

Mody was born and raised in Bombay, India where he taught himself to play guitar.  His influences encompass India's culture of classical music, Al Di Meola's Elegant Gypsy, the music of Bollywood, and many modern jazz guitar masters.  Mody regularly leads his own trio in clubs throughout New York City.  The images, which he creates with his guitar chords, offer listeners a meditatively-induced realm.

Moshir Mody - guitar
Mike Mullan - tenor saxophonist
Benjamin Hankle - trumpet
Campbell Charshoe - piano
John Lanis - bass
Yutaka Uchida - drums