Album Review: Discovery from Marton Juhasz
Album: Discovery Artist: Marton Juhasz Label: Self-Released Website: www.martonjuhasz.com Working with a diverse palette that consists of jazz-inspired motifs, guitar fusion chord patterns, and inventive improvisations, drummer and bandleader Marton Juhasz takes travelers across a broad spectrum of soundscapes on his CD Discovery, merging eastern and western influences. For example, the dark and ominous tone of Olga Konkova's piano keys make divots along "Industry," displaying a western influence reminiscent of jazz noir, which fuses with the eastern influences of tribal chants and tingling chimes of the guitar strings. The two diverse worlds collide, and form contrasting colors that are sonically dissonant and complementing, achieving an attractive balance. The R&B grooves strung along "Stino" support the soaring aerials of Yumi Ito's scatting vocals as Sergio Wagner's improvisations on the horn weave i...