Sav Izzy – Mad Chill: avant-garde jazz funk-fusion

Modern avant-garde jazz funk-fusion probably isn’t a formal genre, but it certainly needs to be on the basis of Sav Izzy’s ‘Mad Chill’, the title track from his debut album ‘Mad Chill Sessions’.
A graduate of the famed Musicians Institute in California but hailing from Chicago, Illinois - the home of Chess Records and that perfect blend of blues, funk, and Motown known as Chicago Soul - and playing with the funk band BabyBrutha, Izzy presents us with a multi-instrumentalists delight, gorgeous mellow piano melding with jazzy guitar, snappy rim-shotted drums, and a smouldering collection of brass and woodwind, to create a mind-bending soundscape, part Louisiana parade, part smoky soul club. There’s a collective of some of Chicago’s finest young musicians here with some serious groove and chops. Overall ‘Mad Chill’ is a delicious, compelling look into the full ‘Mad Chill Sessions’ album itself.
You can hear ‘Mad Chill’ on YouTube, and check out Sav Izzy here or on Facebook.
Review by Alex Holmes

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