Daniel Villarreal: “Things Can Be Calm”

A tentative, ambient dreamer with the keyboardist passed out face first on the keys. An experimental jazzercize from Daniel Villarreal. Real long sustain notes. A ghostly outline of percussion somewhere in the distance. Is this jazz? Sure thing. The fretwork never elevates beyond Sunday brunch noodling on our highlighted track “Things Can Be Calm.” But we’re not looking for virtuosity so much as we’re looking for a certain mood. Daniel Villarreal’s full-length Lados B (with Jeff Parker and Anna Butterss) is all mood. Available via International Anthem.

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