By: Henk te Veldhuis
his native citizen of Seattle, USA, has released his first album Poor Player.
Mortimer Nelson plays a mix of jazz and classical guitar music on a acoustic
Taylor guitar. His approach to music is stylistic and yet very adventurous as
he really digs into his music in unobserved terrain as on Scant Consolation
and Island Crossing which have both a melancholic and intimate setting.
Wheel is a very remarkable composition with a fantastic atmosphere and
skilled techniques. Mortimer chose to record also some pieces through a
synthesizer and the sound created with the effect processor got a total
different sound which I personally would not have chosen as the effect
does not serve his fantastic composing skills and his magnificent approach
to guitar music. On-Ramp and Blue Marble lets your mind dig deep under
the surface to explore new boundaries. Tidepools is a 11 minutes lasting
composition with imaginary roads expressed. All his compositions are in
standard tuning and the chord changes are wonderful executed. His first-
rate techniques make of him a unique guitarist and creator of atmosphere.
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