Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:54
Size: 132.5 MB
Styles: Jazz-Blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front
[5:50] 1. Let Yourself In Groove
[4:58] 2. Family
[5:21] 3. Summer Trees
[3:58] 4. I Must Hide
[4:22] 5. I'm Real, It's Real
[4:16] 6. Ain't No Sunshine
[3:40] 7. Empty Livingroom
[5:55] 8. Leánykatánc
[6:35] 9. I'm Affraid
[5:00] 10. Stronger And Faster
[5:12] 11. Key To The Highway
[2:39] 12. Gimme A Smile
On the album cover, on a black band, the title calls me to lean back and let myself go to the groove. Okay, let's go!
With the title "Let Yourself in Groove", the briquette is cut into the showcase. The melodious melodies do not get a bloody funky basis with refined tempo and tone changes. After the good rhythmic guitar tunes, a familiar, extremely hot female voice comes in. Of course this is Tóth Vera! Oh, but I like it! "Let the groove move your tired body! Do not hesitate, "he sings (of course in English ...). I do not have a hard time because the music is great, thanks to the bass and drum section created by András Szkladányi and Attila Móré.
While listening to the disc, the different influences, moods and styles are exciting. The well-structured material is deeply permeated by blues, soul and gospel, all with tight bases, highly accentuated. Except for two exceptions, each song is Gábor's song. These two exceptions are "Is not No Sunshine" by Bill Withers and "Key to the Highway" by Charlie Segar-Big Bill Broonzy. And I have to say that besides these "evergreens" Gábor's songs do not disappear at all!
That this is not a jazz album? No problem! It's full of feeling and the jazz roots are credited. Otherwise, the "Girl Chain" (the only instrumental piece) is pure jazz. Gábor wrote the song for her daughter, who is a ballet dancer. Alternating strokes and vibrating pulsations show the lightness and severity of dancing at the same time. Its structure is exciting, with unison, and perhaps the highlight of a nicely built bass guitar. There is some Pat Metheny effect in the sound, though much cheaper.
Gábor's songs have something to say! (This is a growing treasure in today's "celeb" world.) A good example of this is the "Family and Friends" written after a car accident. It is about how family and friends are important in troubled times: "Frustrating, difficult times can come, but you can find shelter for your family and friends." (Now I'm beginning to understand why I was asked to write a record criticism.) These things to me They also mean a lot!) Light soul music with a strong blues sensation, spiced up with two lines of excellent, tasteful guitar solo.
I must point out that behind the vocals we hear a guitar-bass guitar (guitar-bass-drum), which is not typical at all. (Blues are still-but, well-known soul and funky papers are usually packed with advanced synthesizer sounds.) Of course, you need a great guitarist. Gábor's pregnant, rhythmic accompaniment is heavily influenced by the opening song in "I Must Hide" and in "I'm Afraid" recorded at two different times. Of these, the latter is carrying the palm, its rhythm crazying, Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon" like the guitars. And of course I still have to praise the drum (Attila Móré) and bass (András Szkladányi)!
Gábor enjoys the album with few but better guitar tunes. In addition to the "family" song, the blues, such as "Empty Livingroom", "Gimme a Smile", but most probably in Key to the Highway. In these guitar vocals he does not aim at modernity, rather he strikes the blues-inspired, sensual, tasty, "hot" sound. Naturally, the "ancestors" can be recognized in their play, including James Blood Ulmer, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Benson. The effect of the latter is especially in the Unisons of the "I Must Hide" vocal-guitar. The guitar body is painted with glittering colored beads. Sumptuous!!! (Translated from Hungarian.)
Let Yourself In Groove