Album Review: Vulnerability from Eric Bell
Album: Vulnerability Artist: Eric Bell Label: Self-Released Website: https://ericbellmusic.com Vulnerability , the debut recording from pianist-composer Eric Bell is a compilation of multi-faceted soundscapes adorned in reverb guitar, jaunty keys and sleek saxophone toots. Accompanying Bell are bass player Cole Sainburg, drummer Nico Vasquez, guitarist Dean Anbar, and tenor saxophonist Eric Hirschhorn. "Start" opens the disc with glittery synth effects creating a bevy of cinematic raptures. A choreography is formed with Anbar's guitar riffs supporting Bell's repeated ostinatos played on piano and Hammond organ. Bell follows up with "The Way You Look," quilted in percussive beats kneaded by improvised doodles on the saxophone, seguing into glistening keys. Bell's interpretation of Wayne Shorter's "Witch Hunt" is sheath in a cascade of jaunty keys and bopping beats. The musicians produce an interactive environment as one musician acts...