Elton Dean Mark Hewins
Bar Torque
Review by Josh Turner
The album is a live rendition with an excellent production and two talented musicians. Much in the vein of John Coltrane jazz by way of Elton's sax along with a flair of Canterbury. There are some light progressive rock influences as Mark's guitar sounds like a synthesizer in many places. The album is purely instrumental, and the pieces are quite long with the first one running upwards of 24 minutes and the second and third running a little more than half that time. For the most part, this is improvised jazz featuring the saxophone and pepper sprayed with faint progressiveness.
The duo plays well together. In many occasions it sounds as if there are more than two musicians due to Mark's synthetic guitar. The album is worthwhile, if you can allow yourself the break from rock or metal.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2003 Year Book Volume 1 at https://garyhillauthor.com/Music-Street-Journal-2003-and-2004/.
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