Setting the vibe with enigmatic and charming vibraphone melody before the song expands with bass and keys, we are already mesmerized by Sky Canyon‘s latest release, Bluesalicious. Percussion and drums explode to invigorate us further as we are taken on a joyous and transcendental journey through Sky’s sonic landscape.
Sky Canyon has been a professional musician for over forty years, a composer, producer and artist rooted in the world of jazz, rock, classical, Latin and new age, and this comes through in his latest work. It is clear that someone with well over one hundred thousand hours of music experience has created the dimensional soundscape for Bluesalicious.
With vibrant nuances, a nod to classic jazz, the uniqueness of the vibraphone which gives charisma to the established creator’s talent, and the power of the extended band, we are fully immersed in the composition.
The piano takes centre stage a third of the way through the piece, with intricate and hyperactive jazz key work, we are astounded! Sky learned to play jazz vibraphone with Terry Gibbs, but has since gone on to create his own energetic output with the instrument.
We adore the playful and exciting nature of the track and the bass solo is once again, exquisite and guided by a textured cymbal, although taking on a dimension of its own. The vibraphone re-emerges for the final act, where the drums become the main protagonist briefly before the song culminates taking us full circle to the opening melody.
Bluesalicious has been added to our New Music Spotlight playlist and we have been immersing ourselves in Sky’s wider discography including Poinciana and Subtle Approach.