Sonny Greenwich - Hymn to the Earth

Primary Artist
Sonny Greenwich
Album Title
Hymn to the Earth
Release Date
October, 1994 
Time
67:33 
Review by Scott Yanow
Sonny Greenwich, long considered one of Canada's most consistently creative guitarists, is very relaxed on this recording for his label Kleo. Simple rhythms and vamps are the basis for most of the originals and Greenwich plays quite slow and melodically, letting his notes really ring while constructing improvisations that develop gradually. Backed by a fine rhythm section, Greenwich's melancholy flights are given such titles as "Hymn to the Earth," "Nature Prays" and "Invocation," but the music is not of the one-mood new age variety. Read More