THE ROAD BACK HOME
"The Road Back Home is not only a work of creativity and musical power, but of personal sincerity and originality."
On ‘The Road Back Home,’ Jeffrey's midwestern background shines through. Acoustic guitars and dulcimers color the sound of this recording, lending an Appalachian "Americana" flavor to the music, but the compositions, arrangements, and the intensity of Jeffrey's playing continually push each song forward. With The Road Back Home, Jeffrey takes the best from his varied background and turns it into music completely his own.
Bright, open, combining the best of contemporary jazz and the jazz tradition, Jeffrey blends his arrangements with intricate rhythms and counterpoint, ensemble unity, and virtuosic performances. The musical vision on this recording is fresh and intensely original. Stepping out with his second solo release, Jeffrey Scot Wills continues to make his own strong statement about the music of America.
What others are saying...
“...a player full of integrity and musicality.” -Arista Records
“Jeffrey Scot Wills plays the music that is between the coasts. This is the music of America.” -Erik Schwab, Ekrano (online) Magazine
“Jeffrey’s music is very open and honest, ‘midwestern’ you might say. He is doing for modern jazz what John Cougar Mellencamp did for pop.”
-Chillicothe Gazette
“He is an excellent musician, recorder, songwriter, scholar in music, knows jazz inside and out. In fact, he seems to know every sound of music inside and out.”
-River City News
