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A Nice Review

Hey gang-

A nice little review just landed in Progressions Magazine:

JON DURANT: Brief Light
2001 (CD: 46:28); Alchemy ALCD 1019
Style: Progressive ambient
Sound: **** Composition: ***-1/2 Musicianship: ***-1/2 Performance: **** 
Total rating: 15

If meteorologists had a command of the weather like Jon Durant has a 
command of atmospherics, there would be a lot less scientific guessing. 
It's only natural then that Durant's musical arsenal revolves around 
"cloud guitars," along with synthetic tuned percussion, piano and gong 
ensemble.

Durant specializes in creating wonderfully evocative, pastoral pieces 
that will appeal to fans of Michael Brook, Robert Fripp and David Torn 
(the latter having also mastered this CD). But Durant also brings to mind 
Patrick O'Hearn (_Rosemary_) and Group 87 (_River_), similar acts who 
have infused very textural streams with their rhythmic imagination.

Helped out primarily by Tony Levin on (bass or stick), Michael Whalen 
(piano), Vinny Sabatino (drums and percussion) and Randy Roos (guitar 
synthesis, on the final track), Durant takes a zen-like approach to his 
music, showing what is NOT played is almost as important as what is.

Where other musicians play musical bars, Durant plays isobars -- 
stretching sustained notes into the stratosphere, letting the music fall 
like rain on hot steaming pavement. It's a joy to behold.

Mark Newman, Progressions Magazine