![]() ![]() “Lunar Love” starts as a ballad but becomes quite intense and dissonant once the soloists enter. Ortwein‘s funky electric Bassoon sounds excellent on this one, probably one of the more successful uses of Bassoon in the world of jazz. ![]() Looking at some of the best tracks, “Pepperoni Grande Con Queso Mas” is high energy Afro-Cuban jazz with a great jaggedy piano solo from Pavel Polanco-Safadit. Fell came to play and he does not compromise. Fell can play that Barney Kessell style extra grit hard bop, as well as a rockin Jeff Beck fusion, but he also sometimes gets into a Sonny Sharrock type barrage of sliding note clusters. John’s aggressive and gnarly fret work is the spice that keeps these tunes from becoming too predictable. There is a long list of guest musicians on here, but one that will get your attention for sure is guitarist John Fell. Some of the styles that Mark and his crew hit on here include, Latin jazz, moody ballads, hard rock, post bop and more. ![]() This is an eclectic offering that loosely falls into the fusion heading, but don’t expect 70s style shred fest battles amongst the instrumentalists, no, thankfully this album is more musical than that. It was finally time for Ortwein to make his move, and the end result is the album, “It was Time”. Woodwinds performer Mark Ortwein has been working with top names in the music business for over 30 years and had wanted to record an album as a leader for some time, but it was not until the covid pandemic hit that Mark was able to concentrate on his own music. ![]()
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