专辑简介

Can a restless and omnivorous desire to assimilate, absorb, and conflate music of the world be married to a solid grounding in the American popular vernaculars, and yield a beautiful baby? Boom is the answer. The compositions draw on r&b, jazz, and blues; South Asian raags, and the rhythms of North and West Africa; rock, funk, and swing; dance hall, music theater, and concert hall. The instrumentation of saxophone, guitar, upright bass, and Mr. Smith's traps-cum-hand drums arsenal of percussive colors lends an immediate, tactile flavor to solid grooves and witty, accessible tunes.