Suns of Cosmic Consciousness

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#		Title	Length
1		Samba De Aztac	7:17	Play
2		Reincarnation 1968	5:04	Play
3		Remember Rockefeller At Attica	5:57	Play
4		In, Out	2:46	Play
5		Waltz On The Hudson	6:49	Play
6		Rhythm - a - ning	5:37	Play
7		Perk Up - for Walter Perkins	4:58	Play
8		September Song	4:59	Play
9		Prototype For Constructive Dialogue	6:27	Play
10		Solar 2002	2:37	Play
11		Come On	3:59	Play
12		Love In Outer Space	4:02	Play

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Suns Of Cosmic Consciousness - SOLAR:
I'm reminded (almost immediately) of the sonic energies aurally witnessed when I first listened to Mahavishnu Orchestra, though the music here is in a totally different vein - it's the driving undercurrents I'm grooving on - & you will too! This is the kind of jazz that NEEDS resurgence, the kind you've been waiting to hear. My own personal favorite cut is Bernstein's "Prototype For Constructive Dialogue"... starts off pretty conventionally, but (just like a good conversation), branches out with full fervor & knowledge of the craft! The beauty of the music here is that the force behind it, under it & coursing through it is in some way subtle, not an "in your face" kind of assault. What comes across so clearly is the sheer love for music (whether it's a high energy piece, like the opener, "Samba De Aztac", or straight-ahead jazz like Sun Ra's "Love In Outer Space"), & the playing of it! & in these days of "fake" jazz, with so many folks competing for your ears, that kind of skill shines just as brightly as the title implies. Eli Yamin's piano stylings are superb, & Adam Bernstein's bass is far more than just "typical" stride-walker stuff... percussion from Andy Demos rounds it all out into a well-focused jazz experience that you won't be able to find anywhere else these days. This gets a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED from our jazzified ears! - Zzaj Productions & Improvijazzation Nation

This is a panoply of cosmic style music bordering on the fusion side of jazz.........Delivered in the bebop idiom style. This is an experiment into the fertile imagination of a trio of musicians contained therein........Eli Yamin-piano, Adam Bernstein-bass, & Andy Demos-drums..........Creating their music with wondrous multitextured & incandescent choices of viable jazz harmonies. It's not often that one can enjoy jazz that is successfully incorporated with such precision & flexibility. This album captures all the facets of peak form, melodicism, delight, inventive improvisation, unabashed dissonance........And, most of all it swings. -
George W. Carroll/ EJazzNews.com

"Solar is one of those rare ensembles that brings genuine fervor and kinetic energy -the kind usually associated with the best rock-to modern jazz."
- George Kanzler, The Star Ledger

"Live music doesn't get any better than Solar. Experiencing Solar live sends one to a higher plateau by causing one to shed the banal trappings that permeate contemporary culture." - e magazine

"...fine dramatic support provided by a taut jazz score created and played by Solar." - The New York Times

"Then on Sunday, Bowery Poetry Club, during "Evil Ways," I realized what Solar really is: a spaceship that touches many galaxies. Out, in; shape-shifting, jazz, rock, boogie-woogie, funk, that latin thang. SOLAR really has made the music shapely, funny, sparkley and all-of-a-piece, not monotonous, flat-toned, elbow-patched, library pipe smoke labored. - Kirpal Gordon, poet

Solar plays jazz that is accessible without compromises. The group invites you to enjoy all that is precious about life and music. Solar at its core is Eli Yamin, piano, Adam Bernstein, bass and Andy Demos, percussion and winds. These musicians have been playing their brand of explosive, intuitive and passionate jazz since 1988. In a world where long-term musical relationships are hard to develop, Solar takes pride both in their longevity and musical friendship. Through the 1990's, they played most often as a quartet with jazz legend, clarinetist Perry Robinson. Some of this work is captured on Eli's debut CD release, Pushin' 30.