The Sai Ghose Trio: E-Motion.(Sound Recording Review)

The Sai Ghose Trio: E-Motion. Recorded in 2003, at PBS Studios, Westwood, Massachusetts. Engineer: Peter Kontrimas. 58+ minutes. Summit 399.

Although the group performs nominally as a jazz trio (and did so in a review of their India Looking West album that I reviewed some time ago), four of the eight tracks also feature a saxophone, giving us a jazz quartet for half of the program. Ghose, who is of Indian descent, plays the piano in this program of moderately progressive jazz material, and that instrument, as well as the drums and bass, are very well integrated. The sax also sounds vibrant and realistic. The sound is also well blended across the front. While the piano is a bit forward sounding, it is nice to hear an instrument that does not sound ...