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SOUND IDEAS
BILL SNYDER
AND THE
SONIC SEVEN
with a smile, through flowery flourishes and rippling chords. Bill’s keyboard flair
returns the group to the below-the-border beat in Tropico, next, accompanied by
George Barnes’ Spanish guitar and the flute fills of Alberto Socarras.
Afterthoughts, which follows, is a stream-of-consciousness musical meditation, in
a supper club vein, that explores the possibilities of what might-have-been. For a
closer, Bill’s Sonic Seven turns a familiar concert piece into a rousing futuristic romp
called Roumanian Rock.
The flip side opens on stage, in a vaudeville theater a few decades back, as Bill
Snyder’s pit piano leads his nimble crew through an interpretation of a hoofer’s
dream… Soft Shoe Fantasy. Then, The Whistler’s Mambo comes on fast with some
vibrant piano-flute exchanges in a rhythm-inspiring, earcatchig melody. A riding
guitar rhythm establishes the tempo, next, as Bill’s piano essays the Theme From
Swan Lake, a charmingly poetic ballet excerpt that takes on a new intensity in this
latter-day environment. Goodbye, but not forgotten, is the prevailing feeling that’s
implied in the insistent, sensuous mood that follows, as piano and guitar fashion
the enchanting tango strains of Arrivederci. Bill Snyder’s spirited keyboard treatment
and the enthusiastic flute-guitar accompaniment, next, prove that the group lives
up to their song titles, especially in the ardent selection that proclaims... This Is
Love. ‘Sound Ideas’ then concludes with a “soaring sixties” rendition of the “roaring
twenties” favorite ... Too Much Mustard.
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