Matt Marshak - On The Rocks
Matt Marshak has been a jazz staple for the past few years, and on his latest effort, Matt has combined a jazz, worldbeat, lounge, funky adventure into The contemporary jazz realm, creating a cd for everybody. With funk tracks like “Space Coastin", "Chucks Groove", & "Old School”..... Urban groove songs like “Hangin at Humphries, Brotherhood” and Chill-out lounge songs “Life Is A Mystery", "Bratislava Bop" and the ultra smooth “West Coast Stranger”.
Matt does a brilliant cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire” and later on drops an instrumental version of the same song. Matt also takes us on a journey with his blues song “Sierra Sunset” all the way to “Sanibel” a unique sounding South African song. This project has guest artists Linn Roundtree, Andre Berry, Chris Kent and Carl Burnett.
Every song is different which is rare nowadays. Matt has done some traveling which has enabled him to engulf different styles of music and then let that energy flow on to this cd. Get it when you can...
Marv Dickey
The Urban Music Scene
Marv, good review. I've had the pleasure of hearing his previous and bits and pieces of another record by this guy. Frankly, he's fairly decent as a player from what I've heard his music sounds a little canned, in the box so to speak. That's the problem with smooth jazz, it's to radio influenced not enough bite are should I say who the artist is and were he/she trying to take their music other then for airplay. Just my thoughts, on this artist and smooth jazz as a genre.
Regardless to my opinion, I hope his music does well for him.
Peace, Ralph Johns
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