There are some really wonderful compositions on this one-off jazzy fusion record which came out in 1978 and is totally unknown today, from composer and keyboardist Joel Fairstein, a pity there weren't more LPs from him. As usual, the presence of both electric guitar and keyboards makes this just beautifully energetic and intense (in some parts). There are some commercial, totally standard jazz (That and the Other), solo acoustic jazz piano (Jefferson Street, Mexican Railway), and blues tracks (Let's Go to Frisco), but we can conveniently discard or politely turn away from those.
Obviously, the descending chord pattern in whole tones evokes the waves of a sea on the Boat Song:
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The sample track is great. I will listen to the whole album. Thanks for making it available! Btw, totally unrelated to Joel Fairstein, earlier this evening I listened to a release by an entity called Cinephonic and thought I would bring it to your attention. It seems like a modern attempt to recall the glory days of library music - "Drawing inspiration from classic French film and library music," https://cinephonicmusic.bandcamp.com/
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