Before I Forget (F-IRE, (10.99), by Justin Quinn's Bakehouse, demonstrates
that guitarist Quinn (b1978) has a nice line in small-group composition,
reminiscent of Joel Harrison's Free Country and
Mike Gibbs's tunes for Gary Burton. Though Quinn is US-born, the son of
McLaughlin's former wife Eve and fusion guitarist Doug Quinn, Justin's
playing is closer to local heroes such as Mike Walker and fellow F-IRE
man David Okumu. What Quinn hasn't cracked is a way to make his improvisations
follow through the harmonic and rhythmic implications of his compositions.
For that, Jim Hall still beats them all. And, in a neat conclusion, it
turns out that My Goal's Beyond's mysterious Mahalakshmi is Quinn's mum.
