Jane Ira Bloom - Wingwalker (2010) (FLAC) (Bonus MP3)

Wingwalker represents Jane Ira Bloom fourteenth album as a leader but the music sounds remarkably fresh and vital. Bloom has stated that the music was recorded with ” very few preconceptions, and that allowed a certain freedom to open up and move the music in unexpected ways. All we had to do was to let it happen”. This open minded approach has certainly paid dividends, this is vivid music, full of life and vitality. The programme consists of eleven Bloom originals plus a solo soprano saxophone rendition of the Lerner & Lowe standard “I Could Have Danced All Night”.

It's a fair assessment to call Wingwalker a straight continuation of Mental Weather. Since that last release was so good, it's also fair to state that this one too is good. Though she might be repeating herself a bit, Jane Ira Bloom remains uniquely creative among her peers. Her restless disposition so vividly demonstrated on her album covers wouldn't allow her to blend in with the crowd, anyway.

Tracklist
01. Her Exacting Light (4:15)
02. Life on Cloud 8 (5:39)
03. Ending Red Songs (5:40)
04. Freud's Convertible (6:33)
05. Airspace (3:26)
06. Frontiers in Science (6:37)
07. Rooftops Speak Dreams (5:22)
08. Rookie (4:50)
09. Adjusting to Midnight (3:52)
10. Live Sports (4:05)
11. Wingwalker (4:17)
12. I Could Have Danced All Night (3:07)

Bonus MP3
13. Wingwalker Singularity (5:49)