Customer Reviews

Jam

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"Jam" is jam packed with some of the best violin blues I have ever heard. Every track is great, and the skill of Mr. Anger is phenominal! Mr. Anger utilizes the bass, trap, guitar, violin and viola to provide the listner with nonstop entertainment. I highly recommend this cd.

I highly recommend this CD, as well as At Home and On the Range: The Duo Live, by these two innovative and talented acoustic music virtuosos. While "On the Range" features a stripped-down acoustic performance (consisting of just the duo), Jam is a collection of genre-obscuring compositions and improvisations by Darol and Mike along with a fretless bassist and percussionist.

If you enjoy "Newgrass" (i.e., Grisman, Tony Rice, etc.) or Bela Fleck, you simply will be blown away by this album.

I came back to this CD after several years, & was surprised how cold it felt. I am not sure just why that is the case. There is something missing, though, when you compare this work against some of the other stuff these fine musicians have done over the years, or certainly when you compare it against the work done by their peers & sometimes collaborators, such as David Grisman, Sam Bush, & Chris Thile. "The Gator's Back," for instance, seems bent on producing a sort of other-worldly, almost spooky blues feel. The same vibe characterizes "Purple Haze". "blues for Oakton" lightens the mood somewhat, and the Bach piece is nice, but then we're back to the improvisational "Day1/Tune1" which is pretty much random jamming in minor keys, as is "Deep Blue," a couple tracks later. Maybe it is me, maybe my taste is changing as I get older, but Grisman, Bush et al still sound fresh, warm, & approachable - while this disk justs feel cold & distant. Still gets 3 stars on musicianship.