Fairgrounds
Jeff Ballard (drums), Kevin Hays (keyboards), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Reid Anderson (electronics)
Much of the playing pivots around Ballard's textural inventiveness and rythmic propulsion, although even that gets wickedly subverted by the drummer's unconventional choice of percussive sounds....
Fairgrounds
Jeff Ballard (drums), Kevin Hays (keyboards), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Reid Anderson (electronics)
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Much of the playing pivots around Ballard's textural inventiveness and rythmic propulsion, although even that gets wickedly subverted by the drummer's unconventional choice of percussive sounds....
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Jeff Ballard ranks among the most inventive and adventurous drummers of his generation. He makes music that feels like the 21st century - open, fluid, ever-developing; a sound informed by jazz but truly coming to life where musical worlds collide: acoustic and electric, swinging and ambient, analogue and digital, accessible and experimental. The virtuoso drummer, who made his name playing with Ray Charles, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, is not inhibited by convention. His music is honest, original and adventurous with a ceaseless desire and energy to move people emotionally, physically and intellectually. Jeff's latest project and album 'Fairgrounds', released on Edition Records, provides a freedom to explore and to express himself with musicians who are close to his heart and mind. The result is highly captivating and bursting with energy. With a rich and flexible musical language, embracing influences as diverse as Jazz, Rock, Pop, Electronica and West African music, 'Fairgrounds' is a unique insight into the distinctive sound world of Jeff Ballard.
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Awards and reviews
March 2019
Much of the playing pivots around Ballard's textural inventiveness and rythmic propulsion, although even that gets wickedly subverted by the drummer's unconventional choice of percussive sounds. A fine nearly-an-hour of listening for fans of the unpredictable.
February 2019
February 2019
This is the kind of supple, modern jazz-fusion that lures you in with each repeated listen, revealing superb collective empathy along with some haunting melodies.
