Invisible Cinema

Rating

Album: Invisible Cinema
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Travelers
2)	Peaceful Warrior
3)	Nemesis
4)	Riddle Me This
5)	Into the Labyrinth
6)	Karma
7)	Roadside Distraction
8)	Harvesting Dance
9)	Praise
10)	Afterglow

Album: Invisible Cinema

Song Title

Time

Travelers

Peaceful Warrior

Nemesis

Riddle Me This

Into the Labyrinth

Karma

Roadside Distraction

Harvesting Dance

Praise

10)

Afterglow

Performer Notes

Personnel: Aaron Parks (piano, Mellotron, keyboards, glockenspiel).
Audio Mixer: Dave Darlington.
Recording information: Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY; ObliqSound Studio.
Pianist Aaron Parks made his Blue Note debut with 2008's INVISIBLE CINEMA, a 10-track set in an impressionistic post-bop vein. Flanked by drummer Eric Harland, guitarist Mike Moreno, and bassist Matt Penman, Parks employs the elegant, fluid, often progressive style that brought him notice as a member of Terence Blanchard's group, yet the sound here is all Parks's own. This is gorgeous, finely sculpted contemporary jazz that harnesses top-notch group interplay, offsetting the often intricate melodies with restraint and space for a thoroughly absorbing listening experience.

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (p.91) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "There's an uncluttered quality to his writing as well as his playing; his chords are spare, his improvisations clean and unhurried..."

JazzTimes (p.68) - "[A] genuinely distinctive, vividly arranged small-combo session....Parks' flair for evoking a cinematic slant is evident throughout..."