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Facing West, Dusk Til Dawn (51:43)
a.i.r. Records, a.i.r. 5890-0100, 1999
P.O. Box 1981
Media, PA 19063
Cyberhome: http://www.airrecords.com/fw.htm

Facing West centers around the writing team of bassist Kevin Jacoby and 
guitarist Scott Smith, and also includes drummer Tom Walling and keyboardist 
Howie Gordon. (Saxophonist Chris Farr guests on one track.) Contributing 
five tunes a piece to this effort, Jacoby and Smith craft funk-influenced 
fusion material that is quite solid, if a bit ordinary. The production is 
clean as a whistle, doing these strong players ample justice. Smith’s bright 
solidbody tone seems to owe a great deal to Wayne Krantz, and Jacoby tends 
toward a support role in the ensemble, more like Marcus Miller than, say, 
Jaco Pastorius. He does pull off focused and fluid solos on "Castle" and 
"Ospralia," however. His rapid-fire bass line on "Idle Chatter" is a 
highlight (as is Gordon’s keyboard solo on the same tune), and his 
composition "7 Ft. Deep" is one of the strongest tracks.

Despite its occasional repetitiveness, the group is accessible, intelligent, 
and well worth hearing. ~David R. Adler


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