Andre Matos
Quare
Inner Circle Records
www.innercirclemusic.com
By George W. Harris

The title of this recent release by guitarist Matos means “why” in latin, and that is the question I asked after listening to this quizzical disc. Why are there these weird and edgy interludes between so many songs? Why are the longer compositions (performed with Leo Genovese/key, Thomas Morgan/b, Ted Poor/dr and Hoah Preminger/ts) mostly directionless and generally just too languid and elliptical? Vocalist Sara Serpa brings her Luciana Souza-like voice to a handful of tracks, which adds the other question-why not include more of her, as she saves the session? Too many questions, and not enough answers here.