Fruits Of Inheritance

MJ Brady, the prolific reviewer at ProGGnosis, writes about Haymo Doerk's Fruits Of Inheritance CD, "This is the first of two CDs that I have been listening to from German guitarist/composer Haymo Doerk. Haymo hsa taken the road less travelled apart from most guitarists heard today, his preference for multi-genre experimenting is indicative of an artist that keeps his mind and ears wide open. Having a history of session work and live performances in various settings also seems to have influeced his chameleonic sense for style and variety. The overall tone of this recording, his debut CD from back in 1996, has a relaxed feel all the way through, showing compositions that are both heady and contemplative. His guitar seldom takes center stage as one would typically expect from a guitarist CD. His focus is on writing and setting moods for each individual song. And they are dense with themes that are built upon eachother in a seamless way. In some ways I can hear nuances by such varied artists as Pat Metheny, Phil Keaggy, Ralf Illenberger or Peter Finger, and some more contemporary jazz leanings as well. Haymo sets no limits on his musical tastes, as he will not shy away from providing some aggressive fusion into a songs here and there, as is indicative on "Ghost Train", yet to take in this CD as a whole, mellow and relaxed are thematically the bulk of the music on the album."