According to his official website, “Circo de Teatro is the latest CD release by Jude Davison – the 18th CD of his diverse career. After pursuing many different creative musical directions over the past several years – most notably, a Broadway-style soul musical called Cybersoul, a trilogy of poetry/music CDs (the Terminal City Trilogy), three acoustic albums (Uncertain Heaven, Ordinary Dream, & Bread and Bones), and two screenplay/musical projects (Drop Dead Scene, & Slow Resurrection – the life & times of Leland Frank), Circo de Teatro sees Jude return, once again, to a full-blown artist album”.
And full blown it is… and it is definitely an “artist” album.
Think Fellini meets Estrella de Jalisco de Ernnesto Molina after they had coffee at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Davison’s creativity is explored as he taps into more musical genres than one can imagine… 15 tracks later, you aren’t quite sure what it is you just listened to. Perhaps that is part of the mystery that Davison is trying to build? Maybe it’s the result of a self indulgent pseudo-intellectual musician extraordinaire? Or is there a possibility Davison is ahead of the curve?
Whatever the course - if the goal was to avoid any pigeon holes, kudos to Davison for showing us how it is done as “Circo de Teatro” is a spectacle of sound. The question remains… why?
