Album Review: Truth from The Seth Weaver Big Band
Album: Truth Artist: The Seth Weaver Big Band Label: Outside in Music Website: www.sethweavermusic.com An award-winning trombonist, vocalist, composer, arranger, and educator, Seth Weaver leads a 17-piece swing orchestra on his debut release Truth from Outside in Music label. Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Weaver's band works as a unified team while demonstrating the dexterity and virtuosity of individual band members. Weaver's band continuously produce congenial aesthetics for the listener. Starting off, the serpentine scrolls of Addison Frei's piano keys pave a poetic missive through "Here's That Rainy Day," fringed by the soft glittering doodles in the cavalcade of horns. A natural blues crooner, Weaver's vocals add sentiment and dimension to Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke's melody. The track is distinguishable, toggling between the elegant crests of Weaver's vocals and the soaring altitude of the horns. Weaver...