MP3 Phil Lewis Quartet - The Bitter Suite
This music is sometimes called “melodic jazz” because the emphasis is on melody and mood, not pyrotechnics. It is warm, subtle, lyrical, with a hint of nostalgia; easy swinging jazz, sometimes with a Latin flavor.
11 MP3 Songs in this album (57:02) !
Related styles: Jazz: Mainstream Jazz, Jazz: Contemporary Jazz, Type: Instrumental
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The Bitter Suite is a narrative – songs arranged in sequence to tell a story. If you know the lyrics to these tunes, you can follow the story along quite literally (well, except for “Max Back,” a line loosely based on “Mack the Knife”). Otherwise I would hope the Suite spins a different kind of tale – an emotional narrative, you might say. It''s an old and familiar story of love and loss. It''s a story that, as I lived it, each of these songs spoke to me; and as they germinated in my heart, they came to embody a particular moment in time. The other songs in this collection are in no particular order. They are tunes that I love, and that I love playing with this great band. I only hope the deep feeling I have for this music comes across in the hearing. –PL