Search - Jack Cassidy :: Symbia

Add some pleasure to your day

Patricia J. Esposito | St. Charles, IL USA | 06/11/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Some days don't start out well. You're working on finishing one stressful project while a boss is asking for updates on another, or you're trying to keep the kids busy (and safe) while preparing a meal and cleaning up footprints. You imagine a better day: evening romance or sunlit love, boisterous rallying against injustice or quiet intimacy with a lover. This better day is closer than you think--in Jack Cassidy's soulful collection of jazz/funk, Latin rhythms, and world beat music, Symbia.



Just slip Symbia into your player and you'll be skimming through that project and dancing as you wipe the floors. Cassidy's vocals are smooth and soothing, covering a range of emotions and tone color, with a genuineness you let into your home gladly. The liner notes say the selections take you from Istanbul to Jamaica to West Africa to Spain to his home again in Chicago. And these travels might be what help create the eclectic feel of the selections, which cover a range of moods from a laid-back meandering calm to charged energy to rhythmic sensuality. Yet, with all the styles, the pieces remain accessible: after one listen, I found myself singing and humming the selections.



Cassidy is a versatile musician contributing on vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn, piano, organ, and percussion, along with a number of other talented musicians who mesh well with the varied styles Cassidy weaves. Highly recommended as music to improve your day!"