Search - Gail Marten & The Clem Ehoff Trio :: Pure Joy

The music is rich in color, rhythm and style?it runs the gamut from ?on-the-edge-Latino? to ?caliente? and quietly percussive! We are treated to collaborative latino visions of music that stir one?s soul, excites our bodies and enhances our sense of rhythm. Clem Ehoff?s group melds jazz improvisation in a harmonically sophisticated manner driven by a pulsating latin groove?a veritable paella of sound and rhythm. Graphic images of the Caribbean washing on American shores explode on every music staff. Are you ready for all of this excitement? Clem?s playing conjures up moments of every great pianist, but is not like any previous keyboard player. He plays with his own voice. This is a great collection of music. Somewhere, somehow, it reaches a place in one?s being that says, ?all?s right with the world and the music is ?to love??this cookin? ensemble knows itself. There is an undertow of ?latintensity?, which draws one down to its core immersing listeners in its pulsating surge. The music generates a quiet intensity which can propel one to undulate in sync with that propulsion. Gail Marten not only sings lyrics which tell a story, but recites a vivid prose which demonstrates that she has a hip awareness of life ? delivered with a voice of sweetness and verve. Gail creates a rhapsodic reverie?an aesthetic which must be pleasing to most tuned-in listeners?(who) become aware that they are in the presence of a sensitive vocalist, whose instrumental voice also conveys deep messages about life. Gail has a particularly sensuous voice. She not only stirs passion, but she generates reflective thought. Delicious, as the melding of passion and intellect often is?the girl next door dressed in a black sheath! The rhythmic surge of Alfonso Rondon and Marty Knepp lets the listener know that there is no untamed spirit in this percussive melange. It is scintillating, bubbling and brilliant.