His ideas blend simple to complex with strands and slivers of emotional ebbs and flows. He must have been carefully watching those fabulous performers in the Cirque because he is a tenor-gymnast at getting around the horn with marvelous fluidity and elegance. Steeped heavily in the John Coltrane, Michael Brecker and Jan Garbarek traditions and with a sound and chops worthy of that company, Bradette's approach as a composer and soloist is focused, energetic and poetically elegant. The CD, although released in 2005, is a keepsake joy with gems popping up on each playing twirl. Bradette, originally from Montreal and now based with the Cirque du Soleil La Nouba orchestra at Disney World in Florida, leads a fine effort of just great jazz. Such is the state sometimes with music categorized as "contemporary." While one might describe the efforts of saxophonist Alain Bradette and his musicians on State of Mind as contemporary, there are firm roots here in the solid foundation of great jazz tenor saxophone playing and marvelous small-group writing. Bland in essence, it has immediate and short-lived appeal. However, in today's speed-of-light-is-too-slow world, that word is reminiscent of quantum physicists who, when viewing particles at subatomic levels, see activity that has already taken place.
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