Acoustic Music Rec.
Jacques Stotzem : Lonely Road (B,2011)***°
On this new album by Jacques Stotzem, most tracks are slightly song-like, tunes of a certain sadness, in minor keys, of an inner lonely road perhaps, showing delicacy in the playing, without showing an ambitious way of making it more special or ambitious in an effort to be more than what it is. The emotionality however in many tracks, with the second being most convincing, is very effective. The first track is more with a jazz guitar swing and is a bit different. The fourth track is somewhere else as well, with a more happy ragtime blues theme. And the eighth track for me has a certain rocky edge. Only this time I can almost hear an additional element, like a missing voice or band power arrangement which in this case could have lifted this to another level, even if it would have made a risk to lose the foundation of the guitar, it is already directing to somewhere else, the tune itself remains somewhat safe as it is. I just hope some like minded person cooperates in a next project.
