Review: A Transcendental Highway
Live at Lazy Bones Jeremy Rose.
Presented to me were the unfortunate seats right at the back and around the corner from the stage, the gig did not start well for me.
However, when presented with such circumstance, one can be bitter, or close their eyes and just listen to the music being played. I chose the latter option.
The band comprising of Jeremy Rose (saxophone), Novak Manoljovic (piano/keyboards), Tully Ryan (drums)and Ben Carey (modular synthesiser) held court with rhythmic style. Although I could not see the band in its entire beauty I could gracefully enjoy their sound.
Perhaps being placed in a surrounding that is non-conducive to seeing, readily accentuates the other senses. Within this setting I was blissfully whisked away on an audible journey by Jeremy Rose and his accompaniment.
In an experience that can only be described as a musical stream of consciousness I was amazed by the talent. Playing a variety of musical instruments added depth to the already epic soundscape, throughout the entire piece I was mesmerised by how they could replicate the songs. It was transcendental in the extreme and I loved it.
I could not help but to keep thinking of Frank Zappa’s approach to solo’s and music in general:
“My theory is this: I have a basic mechanical knowledge of the operation of the instrument and I’ve got an imagination, and when the time comes up in the song to play a solo, it’s me against the laws of nature.”
Jeremy Rose and his accompanying members captured this idiom, music is a celebration of the small details of life, it seeks to amplify these miniature moments into spectral transformations that let us venture into spaces we could not enter without it.
A truly wonderful experience I don’t think any other band or musician could replicate.
See their live performance here: