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Deep Energy Orchestra — The Science of Sound
(7d Media no#, 2025, CD / DL)

by Jon Davis, Published 2025-10-11

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The Science of Sound is the third outing for Jason Everett’s Deep Energy Orchestra, following Playing with Fire (2018) and The Return (2020). It’s another fiery foray into jazz-rock inflected with sounds from India, and it features a large array of musicians varying from track to track, with Everett himself being the only one present on all eight. The best known of his collaborators are Joe Deninzon (violin), Gary Husband (keyboards), Trey Gunn (Warr guitar), and Adam Holzman (keyboards). Others contribute on strings, percussion, flutes, and vocals. At the jazz fusion end of the spectrum there’s “Captain Quirk,” which is a scorcher; between Deninzon’s violin, Holzman’s synth, and Mark Lettieri’s guitar, the tune flat-out cooks over Everett’s bass and the drums of Don Gunn. On “Dance of the Wood Nymphs,” the group’s original violinist Radhika Iyer takes on a great piece with echoes of Mahavishnu. “The Dancers” sets a somewhat mellower mood, with a lovely melody arranged in unison for wordless vocals, flute, and fretless bass. “Secrets of Subtraction” is another fusion workout, this time with Husband trading licks with guitarist Jimmy Thomas while the rhythm section gets funky in odd meters — I’m interpreting the title as referring to subtraction of beats in the meter. “Fireflies” features the virtuoso mandolin of U. Rajesh. With so much variation in personnel, you might wonder if it all sounds coherent, but Everett’s bass is truly the core of the sound, and he pulls it all together. The Science of Sound is an all-around joy to listen to, a tasty blending of jazz, rock, and India.

Filed under: New releases, 2025 releases

Related artist(s): Joe Deninzon (Stratospheerius), Trey Gunn, Gary Husband, Deep Energy Orchestra, Adam Holzman

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http://deepenergyorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/the-science-of-sound

 

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