Groove meets grace, rhythm meets roots, understatement meets perfect poise. Keep The Blue is cool and understated yet infectious and eloquent, it makes you want to kick off your shoes and have a spin around the room. On quite a few of the songs, I must say Bill Markus and his thematic bass solos are soulful and he bows with the best.
Justin's huge tone, and relentless improvising inventiveness are consistently impressive. Joined by vibraphonist Alex Burke, bassist Bill Markus, and drummer Kyle Crane, this is a seductive live album.
With his use of substitute chords, he makes a daring choice of notes, and produces a clear penetrating sonority which gives him the unique sound that is all his own. Justin floats his glistening sound fluidly over the attentive work of his rhythm section. If you have a good song then it will speak for itself. Justin seems to make so much happen with ease. Keep The Blue is adventurous, which makes it so cool. That being said, he brings out the Baritone for this album, and the crowd loves it. He has something to say without using words. Chart has a few sonic secret weapons that many modern day altoists, do not. I will say that the way Justin Chart wields alto saxophone is a breath of fresh air.
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