Here’s a link to a review I wrote of the recent Cuneiform release by NDIO, called AIRBACK. It’s a little off-target genre-wise for One Final Note, but editor/publisher Scott Hreha kindly went ahead and ran it anyway. It’s not a bad album, but on the balance, I’ve heard enough fusion like this. I felt the same way about another recent-ish Cuneiform release, In Cahoots’ ALL THAT. Hopper and Miller are great players that have made enduring statements, but seem to be phoning it in on these discs, if not in their playing (which is still sharp), then conceptually. Of course, fusion fans might disagree. Which is why I tried to balance the review out to that point.
Now that I’ve mentioned two Cuneiform CDs that I don’t care for, I should say that they also put out plenty of stuff that I enjoy thoroughly!