Lexicon
Lexicon, 2010, CD
Instrument: Instrumental
Issue: 17.1
Jazz Ruler Type: Fusion
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score:
O’s Notes: Lexicon is a jazz, rock-fusion quartet from Illinois featuring Travis Thacker (sax), Erik Swanson (g, keyboards), Ryan Nolan (b) and Michael Carlson (d, perc). The music is all original on the self-titled debut. We enjoyed the mellow groove of Thacker’s sax on “Cutty Sark”. They improvise a lot adding an element of suspense to songs like “Cop Out”. But it is the funky tracks “Uncle Hunk” and “Riddled” that set them apart!
Publicist: Eric Swanson