Album Review: I Was Here from Andy Ezrin
Album: I Was Here Artist: Andy Ezrin Label: Ez It Iz Music Website: andyezrinmusic.com Instagram: Andyezrinmusic A prolific composer, arranger, pianist, and bandleader, Andy Ezrin is the Sidney Sheldon of jazz, articulating life and its encounters as being fun and mind-opening exchanges, filled with experiences that expand one's world. His music expresses thoughts in a lyrical symposium, embracing the joy generated from doing the work that one loves. Andy Erzin's new release I Was Here , produced by Ezrin and Chris Hajian, is clad in original compositions and arrangements by Ezrin. From the sheer merriment projected in "Grapes" to the relaxing ruminations that arch across "Greenwoman," Ezrin's nimble movements are accentuated by the freestyle verses played by Donny McCaslin on tenor saxophone and Randy Brecker on trumpet. Improvisation and harmony walk hand in hand in the music, notably along the swift exchanges and spontaneous banter documenti...