Album Review: Hidden Gems from Brent Laidler
Album: Hidden Gems Artist: Brent Laidler Label: BEL Records LLC Website: https://brentlaidler.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BrentLaidlerMusic/ https://brentlaidler.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-gems Hidden Gems is the third project from composer-arranger-guitarist-bandleader Brent Laidler and features arrangements inspired by such jazz luminaries as Dave Brubeck and Cannonball Adderly. Some listeners will consider the compositions as contrafacts, creating improvisations based on original material. And some listeners will consider Laidler's works as completely original, being adaptations of original works with new melodies and new chord reharmonizations. However people wish to view Laidler's material, there is no denying that the compositions are easy on the ears, promoting sleek improvisations and harmonious collaborations among his sextet. Accompanying Laidler in his adventure are Mark Buselli on trumpet, Ned Boyd on saxophone a...