Album Review: World Traveler from Aleksi Glick

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Album:  World Traveler
Artist:  Aleksi Glick
Label:  Pinch Records
Website:  https://www.aleksiglick.com

World Traveler, the new recording from guitarist and composer Aleksi Glick fuses jazz guitar hooks with R&B/soul grooves and bossa nova trimmings, offering a listening experience filled with feel good vibrations from start to finish.  Featuring vocalist Laureana on a handful of tracks, Glick opens the listener's mind to picturesque soundscapes and aurally pleasing explorations.

The bossa nova wavelets traveling along "Guitar and Me" are steered by Glick's shimmering chords, producing an atmospheric sonorous that suspends the listener, keeping one in blissful flight.  Laureana's soulful vocals sweep sensually across the bluesy terrain of "She Told Me," moves rhythmically along the bubbly R&B traction of "Leaving LA." and coasts smoothly through the soothing Latin tremors found in "Nordic Bossa."  Musical influences of jazz fusion and modern soul are bountiful, traveling seamlessly across the arrangements.  Through his music, Glick creates sonic portraits, describing impressions and visions and making them palpable for the listener.

Glick flexes his melodic sensibilities throughout the recording, personalizing the tracks for listeners.  Each arrangement has unique characteristics that put a distinct picture in the listener's mind, stirs pleasing sensations in the listener's consciousness.  Offering an uplifting listening experience, Glick's music projects positive energy from every orifice, in every morsel, and through every harmonic riff.

Musicians:
Aleksi Glick - guitar
Jeff Koch - bass
Nathan Ellman-Bell - drummer
Laureana (Olivia Chindamo) - vocals
Adam Ahuja - keyboards
Eric Trudel - saxophone

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