Gadi Caplan "Look Back Step Forward"

Country: Israel
Sub Genre: Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Release date: July 9, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. It's All The Same - 4:08
2. Charlotte - 2:48
3. Brother - 6:27
4. Within The Clouds - 7:22
5. Frostbite - 3:48
6. Indian Summer - 5:07
7. Look Back Step Forward - 4:50
8. Monsoon Season - 2:55
9. A Latin Winter - 3:40
10. Tesha - 6:24

Line-up: 
Gadi Caplan: guitars
         With:
Michael Hruwitz:  keyboards and piano (except 9)
Gonzalo Allendes:  keyboards (4,9)
Christian Li:  keyboards (1)
Noga Shefi:  bass (except 4,9,10)
Maciej Lewandowski:  bass (4,9,10)
Moses Eder:  drums (except 9,10)
Alex Santiago:  drums (4,9,10)
Lihi Haruvi:  alto saxophone
Michael Summer:  tennor saxophone
Oded Weinstock:  violin
Jussi Reijonen:  Oud
Tucker Antell:  flute

Description/Reviews: 

Gadi Capan’s second release hangs into jazz-rock areas, still the tracks give the impression of compact ideas, recognisable melodies and structure. The arrangements are very strict in rhythm and despite references to pop music (starting with the tune of The Beatles famous Indian track on track 4), allowing a small hint towards funk or lying closer to the mood of blues-rock, allowing electric guitar improvisation, a more complex Middle Eastern rhythm, well played by the drums, a creative and moody acoustic guitar intro (track two), or a cleverly surprising classical music ending after the violin led a part, in a way the creative impact seems to be bound by memory, perhaps all that Gadi Caplan or even the band has heard before and in a way repeats it a bit here into their own moment. The band plays well, the tracks are fine but still the dynamism sounds a bit restricted within that memorised area, no real surprises happen despite all cleverness, skill and so on, the album title, “look back step forward” is exactly that: a new form with what has been memorised and freed again into a new composition, it still does not make it belong to the future. So, well done, within these limits. (progressive.homestead.com)

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