“In the Mood For Jazz“
“Last month Wood launched his newest album The G-Train at The Ellington. The session musicians included saxophonist Carl Macke and trumpet player Matt Jordell to complement the Graham Wood Trio. Together they improvised the album’s grittiest tracks. Wood composed the album’s most poignant and evocative songs. Dahli’s Delight has a melody that is like a child walking in autumn. It is beautiful and melancholic. Closes, inspired by a late night drinking partner, consists of a rhythmic swagger and piano runs which evoke the sensation of liquor tumbling down your throat.”
The Graham Wood Quintet was reviewed on the website, www.outinperth.com after the G-Train Launch. To view more of this review click on Out In Perth Review or to access any downloads from the G-Train LP, click on G-Train Downloads.
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“Being in the big cities like Tokyo and New York means you spend a lot of time on the subway. The reason behind the title The G Train was that when I was in New York I was going to Brooklyn to check out a lot of the more underground gigs. The best way for me to get to Brooklyn was to connect to the G Train – a suburban line from Queens to Brooklyn. It was on some of those colourful late night jazz journeys on the G Train that I decided to follow this train theme with the album. You get to sit and think a lot when you are on the train – something not so common when I am in Perth – and I think that’s when the ideas were really hatching for me. It was the sounds, the smells, the interesting characters – freaks – and the whole hustle and bustle of New York.”
