Patrick Smith - Words Underlined [Lit Soc Records 001]

Put out on the circuit as cat.no. 001 of the freshly launched Lit Soc Records imprint, an offspring of the Toronto-based bookstore Sellers And Newell, on December 12th, 2k25 is "Words Underlined", the live in store-recorded album by sax player Patrick Smith who's accompanied by Dan Pitt on guitar and Lowell Whitty on drums. Within the stores intimate confines the trio caters an eleven pieces and roughly 40 minutes spanning session opening with the warm, dreamy, romantic and most of all comforting and all embracing "Hazel" which is as timeless as things can get before the subsequent double feature "Banff (Intro") / "Banff" seems to draw inspiration from raw Stoner x Math Rock as well as classic blaxploitation vibes - and chase scenes in old espionage flics... - with its ever spiralling sax lines, dirty guitar licks and muscular drums. Furthermore pieces like "As Years Go By (Intro)" / "As Years Go By" once again tap into the realm of super smooth late night Jazz with the subsequently following "End Of The Road" trodding a similar, yet even deeper and melancholia-driven path whilst the concluding "Grass In Summer" fully indulges in full on Jazz romanticisms once again just to name a few. Defo one to check for all live Jazz connaisseurs.

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