Over three decades into his wildly prolific career as a contemporary jazz guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, Lowell Hopper has a proverbial one-word response – HA! - to the conventional wisdom of the streaming era which prompts some artists to release one single at a time. Mirroring 2022, when the 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran graced us with two albums in a three-month span, Hopper’s latest EP IMPULSE – dropped literally two months after his PRECIOUS MOMENTS collection – is an instantly compelling, dazzlingly performed 6-track blessing of soulfully strummed melodies, snappy, funked out grooves and charming, sensually romantic bliss. Once upon a time, this jazzman spun his magic in the service, playing and recording with jazz artists in Germany and the Panama Canal. But his destiny as a Smooth Jazz artist has elevated us all!
