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TMG
Todd Mullins Group
Eyes
Like Mine
By Ronald Gable
It’s probably been four months or so since I
received this CD in the mail; my life had gone through some major
changes over that time and I’d fallen behind in my writing, so now
I’m trying to play catch-up. During
that period Rosemary and I would listen often to this same CD over and
over again in our car without really getting burned out on it.
At some point I began to feel guilty; this man had given me his
CD and I haven’t done anything but listen and enjoy.
I would categorize this music as smooth jazz
with flair; not the smooth jazz you might hear on an elevator that plays
over and over and goes on and on. Each
of the ten tunes tend to take you down a different path and by the time
the player went through all ten we didn’t mind or sometimes even
realize we were starting over again.
The title “Eyes Like Mine” goes well with Todd’s picture on
the cover and I’m thinking much deeper into the music itself.
Mullins is a musical visionary as depicted in the first nine
songs, which he wrote and arranged, all new and unique but in the depths
of my mind there’s some kind of remembrance of a long forgotten
favorite melody. Of the ten
songs, the first two are most common, at least in the introduction, but
aft that the path widens and it becomes a mix of pleasant multiple
journeys. A couple of my
favorite picks would be “Bailla Pa Mi” and “Taylor’s Way” the
first because of the interaction between players and the second because
I’m a softie for slow and pretty jazz.
The Todd Mullins Group consists of Steve
McKeehen (electric guitar), Bobby “Moses” Bynum (bass), Harold
Quarles (drums) and Mullins (keyboard, alto and soprano saxophones)
making up a tight nit and talented quartet.
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