Blue Afternoon

Blue Afternoon is a record that feels like the color of its title: a deep, bruised indigo that settles over the listener like a heavy velvet curtain. It is perhaps Tim Buckley's most cohesive and accessible marriage of his folk roots and his burgeoning jazz fascinations. The music does not just play; it drifts and eddies, anchored by David Friedman's shimmering vibraphone and Danny Thompson's woody, melodic upright bass. There is a profound sense of space here, as if the songs were recorded in the middle of a vast, empty hall at midnight, with every breath and finger-slide on the guitar strings amplified by the silence.

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