Easy
Dwight Sills has a bone to pick with contemporary jazz. "I don't think we give the listener enough credit for being able to understand more complex sounds," he says. "People are ready for something more engaging." Sills' new album, Easy, features the guitarist playing smooth jazz that he considers easy listening to but sophisticated. "I write pieces strong in melody," he says. "It's music people can relax into, and then I slip in some subtle complexities." Sills is joined by some other smooth-jazz forerunners: bassist Jimmy Haslip, keyboardist Russ Ferrante, and saxophonist Kirk Whalum.--- JAZZIZ MagazineCopyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.--From Jazziz