Hanson
author: Gary
This is a fabulous CD, excellent musicianship and world-beat grooves.
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Great musicianship layered over nice and warm jazz, tropical and pop sounds
author: John Book, Music For America
Something more straightforward is Distant Borders (Revisited) (Worldview Music) by Glen Helgeson, whose guitar work is layered over nice and warm jazz, tropical, and pop sounds. Some of the titles express the music very well: "African Song", "The Mambo Told Me", "Latin A La Linda", and "Southern Exposure". Some of it comes off as backdrop music one can hear during The Weather Channel commercial breaks, while other songs are as strong as the work of Trilok Gurtu, a bit of an amalgamation of a gumbo ready for the eating, just add rice.
None of it is groundbreaking, but one can assume its target audience isn't looking for improvisational solos or something that will take them to the nth level of possibilities. It's safe, and for some that may be all you need.
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