John Martyn - Solid Air 1973 (Island Records)
Label : Island Records
Value :
A really beautiful little record from John Martyn a set in which he's
really perfected his talents, and found a way to stand out from just
about anyone else in the pack -- including the best of his British folk
rock contemporaries! Martyn plays acoustic guitar, but the record's
hardly folk at this point -- because his vocals have all these jazzy
changes, maybe a bit like Joni Mitchell was hitting at the same point in
her career -- more sophisticated, but very organic and never forced --
with this quality that makes just about every word that comes from
Martyn's voice resonate with a really fantastic quality. His guitar
playing is as wonderful as ever and again, filled with jazzy phrasing
without ever being jazz at all and the whole thing is maybe a record
to proudly put Martyn in the company of Nick Drake on his few classics
for Island.
Taste :
John Martyn - Don't Want to Know
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