Psoas - Satori [Aut Records 151]

Another relatively fresh album put out on the circuit via Italy's Aut Records label as their cat.no. 151 on April 15th, 2k26 is "Satori", the latest longplayer conceived by sax player Alex Dal Checco, guitarist Giulio Cuppari and drummer Giosue Consiglio under their shared musical nom de guerre that is Psoas. Serving a menu of ten compositions rolled out over a total playtime of 68 minutes the trio is opening with the stripped down and hyper abstract atmospheric Funk vibes of "Verde" which further progresses into deep and rather romantic Late Night Jazz territories before hitting the Funk train once again, providing a rather dynamic and oftentimes surprising ebb and flow of intensity over its entire runtime whereas pieces like the subsequent "Delicato" are focusing on twangy, inward-looking, yet certainly Funk-infused guitar lead-harmonics for the most part before free floating saxophone improvisations take over in the tunes second half. Furthermore we see "Dinosauro" indulging in dramatic, ever intensifying melodic waves, catering what is probably the closest to classic Jazz x JazzFunk on this longplay release whilst "Linda" in parts drives the tempo up with staccato sax sequences before falling back to a beautifully laid back and romantic vision, "Angela" is dabbling with rather raspy, screaming and FreeJazz infused sax workouts followed by the once again funky and highly climatic Jazz crescendo of "Oggi" which might be our personal favorite on here just to name a few.