Review by Glenn Astarita

For allaboutjazz.com

Chosen by allaboutjazz.com for their New and Noteworthy section in the December issue

Dave Fox
Dedication Suite
Umbrella Recordings
2005

Dave Fox goes it alone during this solo piano exposition. The album comprises nine pieces that are engineered upon intersecting improvisations, shocking dynamics and slanted rhythmic effects. He alternates between prepared piano type implementations, free-jazz workouts and flurrying crescendos. In some instances, Fox gets into grooves where he seems to be having conversations with himself via left-hand, right-hand contrasts and probing thought-processes. It's a rather heady sequence of events and demands the listeners' utmost concentration.