Second Nature

Second Nature is the album from Seb Taylor's electronic downtempo project Hibernation. With a distinct sonic palette that includes stand up bass, muted trumpet, brush drums, glitches, womps and warm subs the Hibernation sound is crucial listening. Seb brings a lifetime of musical experience to his production, composition and arrangements, and it shows. Listening to Second Nature conjures up future memories of dark smoky jazz clubs, Bladerunner cityscapes, parallel universes, dreams half forgotten and epic nights. This is music with spirit, narrative and detail.

A very talented hard bop altoist whose style is influenced by Cannonball Adderley, Jesse Davis is heard in top form for his seventh Concord CD as a leader. Joined by pianist Massimo Farao, bassist Aldo Zunino, and drummer Massimo "Max" Dall'omo, Davis performs fresh versions of two veteran standards ("On the Sunny Side of the Street" and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"), a pair of songs by Farao, and five of his own originals. The music is advanced hard bop, with Davis' appealing tone being one of several reasons to acquire this fine straight-ahead jazz set.

This wonderful 2024 Symphonic Prog album from KARFAFGEN continues the story of the highly acclaimed 'Messages From Afar: First Contact' album!

After a successful performance at Sweden Rock Festival, '80s U.K. melodic rock/NWOBHM band LIONHEART will release its second album, "Second Nature", in Europe on August 25 via AOR Heaven.