German Hammond B-3 innovator
Barbara Dennerlein not only doesn't sound like
Jimmy Smith on
In a Silent Mood, it is really doubtful that these tracks could even be called jazz. A tranquil suite to the power of the inner life,
In a Silent Mood is made up of carefully composed segments that stand individually on their own, but taken together, form a complete whole. Using only her B-3 here (and the occasional piano), and outfitted with foot pedals that trip her MIDI synthesizer settings,
Dennerlein has assembled a beautiful album that glides and reaches into the rare, thin atmosphere of dreams. As much as
Smith defined the possibilities of the B-3 at the end of the 20th century,
Dennerlein is beginning to define it for the 21st. ~ Steve Leggett