Reza Khan - Dreamwalker

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2013
Time: 57:47
Size: 133,3 MB
Label:  Painted Media
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Night Watch - 5:21
 2. Dreamwalker - 4:29
 3. Face Lift - 4:05
 4. Drifter - 4:34
 5. Back to You (feat. Painted Diaries) - 4:08
 6. Funkonomics - 4:35
 7. Giving - 3:58
 8. Miles Away - 4:22
 9. Sky Lights - 4:56
10. Summer Secrets - 6:16
11. Balance - 4:25
12. Unsigned Victory - 6:32

Guitarist/keyboardist Reza Khan has come out blazing with a fresh set of diverse grooves that he calls collectively Dreamwalker. Full of vibrancy and meticulous attention to the details of the album’s character and drive, Dreamwalker takes you places where you just feel you should be going at the time you’re listening to this gem. From the cranked and funky opening track “Night Watch,” with its mix of world flavor tossed in, to the funky and driving title track to the moderate and only a bit more laid-back “Facelift” on through to the heavy and pointed funk/jazz/World finale “Unsigned Victory,” Khan lets it be known that he intends to have this project recognized by all who truly appreciate great music in general and his brand in particular. Bringing with him as contributors are renowned keyboardist Philippe Saisse and saxman Andy Snitzer, as well as the band Painted Diaries. Do they all ever show their passion for the project! When you hear the track “Drifter” with its bossa nova appeal and couple it with the push-straight-at-you tracks like “Back to You” featuring his band Painted Diaries, you know that, in terms of eclecticism, Khan is definitely on the right and effective track (no pun intended). On the up-tempo “Funkonomics,” Khan provides some blistering lead guitar work, Snitzer serves it up on sax, and drummer Bill Donnelly simply nails it with intensity. When these guys came up for air, I’m sure it wasn’t a moment too soon considering how they left it all in the studio on that track…just one of my faves, by the way. The entire album is simply chock full of powerful aural pleasures from the chilled sweetness of “Sky Lights” to the jazzy/new age feel of “Summer Secrets” to the relentless fusion element found in “Balance” to the sassy edginess and abundance of undeniable funk found elsewhere on this spirited work. Simply put, to say that this is a project hammered home very, very effectively is an understatement. – Ronald Jackson

Dreamwalker