Origin Records
2004
Points In Time
About This Album
From Seattle drummer Steve Korn comes Points in Time, his third release on Origin Records. Following in the theme of his previous albums, Korn makes heavy use of the musicality of the drums both in his playing and in arrangement and composition. The album opens with the rather ethereal (and short) "Hymn" before moving into "Helio," where the individual artists take some extra time for their solos, highlighted by pianist Marc Seales' long tour de force. "Tangents" sounds mildly like something out of Kind of Blue with the band working together beautifully, anchored by Korn's drumming and making full use of interlocking sax lines from Mark Taylor and Rob Davis. Finishing out the lineup, bassist Paul Gabrielson takes the time to stretch out for a loping solo fittingly in a rendition of Ron Carter's "O.K." The title track uses a tight arrangement of horns and drums to switch effortlessly between plaintive ends and more upbeat, almost Weather Report-style portions. "Little Bird" is a tender work primarily for the rhythm section, but accentuated by the horns, and "Baraka" sits at the crossroads of post-bop and soul-jazz rather comfortably.
Track List (try tracks 2,3,4,5 and 7)

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