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| Matt Young, Perrin Grace, Tahira Clayton, Addison Frei. |
AMP Trio’s M(Y)our World (2015) is our Dallas area Album of
the Year. How fitting! One of the songs is called Dallas.
We excluded all the mega-stars (the Erykah Badus, the Leon
Bridges, the Kirk Franklins, the Shaun Martins) from consideration for this
honor. Of all the other 2015 releases in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, M(Y)our
World is the most creative.
AMP Trio opens with Riding Periphery, composed by drummer
Matt Young. It is a bit of straight-ahead jazz which gives the feel of
expansiveness and wide-open possibilities.
Stand by You comes in on a bouncy piano by the
nifty-fingered Addison Frei and some funky basslines by Perrin Grace. The
pleasant surprise here: AMP Trio introduces the gorgeous voice of Tahira
Clayton which elevates the group to yet another level.
The title track M(Y)our World, the centerpiece, is a kaleidoscope
of sound. It has some electronica and other interesting sounds.
The song Circa continues with the experimentation in sound.
It is the expansion of the jazz trio, the breaking of boundaries, the freedom
of the artist.
Boundless presents the beautiful voice of Tahira Clayton
once again. She demands and commands your attention; her phrasing, her articulation,
backed nicely by the trio. In between the breaks of Tahira Clayton’s singing,
pianist Addison Frei cuts loose, lets it go, and shows everyone what he’s got.
And on her return, Tahira Clayton is prepared to match his virtuoso and holds
her ground to bring the song to an end.
This new work by AMP Trio, the follow-up to their first release
Flow (2013), is a celebration of sound and demonstrates that this group is
hitting its stride and ready to burst out on the scene.
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