"Valdez in the Country" digs deeper into Hathaway's original to bring the Latin polyrhythms to the fore
he began his professional career as a music critic and teacher for seven years at St
Released: 6/19/06
(Michael Stipe makes an appearance on the mellow “Almond Kisses”)
is a complete statement from a legendary jazz musician
Tomato Flower No Gatefold ecowallet "Valdez in the Country" digsSomething happened on No. The early EPs from Baltimores Tomato Flower were pretty, dreamy psychedelia. Warm to the touch, like looking up at the trees on a cloudless day. On No, the four pieces debut album, those trees, that cloudless sky, have become haunted, thorny, stormy. It takes Tomato Flower from buttoned up, almost technically formalist psych pop to something more urgent, raw, emotionally immediate. No is messier, more expansive, and through