Jazz Quad (Square) music blog from Russia reviewed Electric Fantatsic:
“Both leaders unanimously recognized the most successful opening (also title) composition Electric Fantastic. According to Beth, there is “great energy, harsh horns, funky mood that calls you to dance. Everyone here is a great soloist and the recording came out very natural in this live recorded session. " Chance believes that "this track captures all the performers at their best." Moore and McColl's compositions differ quite sharply in style. All of Chance's songs are literally saturated with blues, and southern blues. Electric Fantastic, and 800 East, and If You Really Loved Me offer a cool modern blues, and McColl also sings on the last track. I Remember Danny Gatton does not fall under this definition. Beth Moore's compositions are more lyrical and stylistically more diverse: there are more jazz and rock elements. These are Like A Symphony, Words, Beth’s Bounce offer a danceable jazz feel, and a great arrangement of Supertramp's The Logical Song. Paying tribute to the energy of the title play, I will still call this a joint work of Beth and Chance, the best: Blues For Lonnie Williams. Here the slow blues and jazz arrangement are not separated from each other, delicious trumpet and saxophone solos, as if guiding the flow of the theme, finally, McColl himself gave an excellent guitar solo here. The entire album as a whole is, of course, a crossover in terms of stylistics, but still with a predominance of jazz-blues.” — Leonid Auskern, Jazz Quad (Square), Russia
Read the full review here.
