Tuesday, May 25, 2010

6

Root Down - Jimmy Smith


















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Record Label: Verve
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Original (1972), Reissue (2000)
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Root Down! Εξαιρετικός live δίσκος του Jimmy Smith, ηχογραφημένος τον Φεβρουάριο του 1972 στο Los Angeles. Μιλάμε για εκείνη την περίοδο κατά την οποία κάποιοι μουσικοί πηγαίναν την jazz λίγο παραπέρα,  ενσωματώνοντας πιο "funky" στοιχεία στον ήχο τους. Ακούγωντας το συγκεκριμένο album, μου έρχεται στο νου ένας αγαπημένος μου πανομοιότυπος (επίσης live) δίσκος του Grant Green το "Live At Club Mozambique" με πάρα πολύ παρεμφερή ενορχήστρωση και ατμόσφαιρα, που συστήνω ανεπιφύλακτα σε όσους βρουν ενδιαφέρον και το παρόν album του Smith. (κλικ εδώ) Το μόνο σίγουρο είναι ότι δε μιλάμε για "κλασικό" Jimmy Smith από ενορχηστρωτικής άποψης, καθώς η μπάντα που τον πλαισιώνει είναι σαφώς πιο ηλεκτρική από προηγούμενες δουλειές του. Ιδιαίτερη εντύπωση προκαλεί ο ήχος της κιθάρας του Arthur Adams, καθώς "ακροβατεί" με μπόλικό distortion (όχι μόνο για την jazz/αλλά ακόμα και για το funk), ανάμεσα σε jazz, blues, funk και αρκετές φορές και rock ηχητικές αποχρώσεις και κλίμακες. Πέντε μουσικά θέματα (και ένα alternate take στο ομώνυμο "Root Down") στα οποία περιέχεται ίσως μία από τις καλύτερες ορχηστρικές προσεγγίσεις στο "κλάσικ" του Al Green "Let's Stay Together".


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Σύνθεση:
Jimmy Smith: organ
Arthur Adams: guitar
Wilton Felder: bass
Buck Clarke: congas, percussion
Paul Hamphrey: drums
Steve Williams: harmonica

About Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1925 [birth year is disputed and is often given as 1928] – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument. In 2005, Jimmy Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians.Originally a pianist, Smith switched to organ in 1953 after hearing Wild Bill Davis. He purchased his first Hammond B-3 organ, rented a warehouse to practice in and emerged after little more than a year with an exciting new sound which was to completely revolutionize the way in which the instrument could be played. On hearing him playing in a Philadelphia club, Blue Note's Alfred Lion immediately signed him to the label and with his second album, also known as The Champ, quickly established Smith as a new star on the jazz scene. He was a prolific recording artist and as a leader, recorded around 40 sessions for Blue Note in just 8 years beginning in 1956. His most notable albums from this period include The Sermon!, House Party, Home Cookin' , Midnight Special, Back at the Chicken Shack and Prayer Meetin' .

Smith then signed to Verve Records label in 1962. His first album Bashin', sold well and for the first time, set Smith with a big band led by Oliver Nelson. Further Big band collaborations followed, most successfully with Lalo Schifrin for The Cat and guitarist Wes Montgomery, with whom he recorded two albums: The Dynamic Duo and Further Adventures Of Jimmy and Wes. Other notable albums from this period include Blue Bash and Organ Grinder's Swing with Kenny Burrell, The Boss with George Benson, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Got My Mojo Workin, and the funky Root Down.During the 50s and 60s, Smith recorded with some of the great jazz musicians of the day such as Kenny Burrell, George Benson, Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine, Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Grady Tate and Donald Bailey. In the 1970s, Smith opened his own supperclub in L.A. and played there regularly.

Smith had a career revival in the 1980s and 90s, again recording for Blue Note and Verve, and for Milestone and Elektra. Smith also recorded with other artists including Quincy Jones/Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Joey DeFrancesco. His last major album Dot Com Blues (Blue Thumb, 2000), featured many special guests such as Dr. John, B.B.King and Etta James.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

3

Latin Jazz - Afro-Cuban Jazz Pioneers


















Rating: 5/10 
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Record Label: Saga
Year Released: 2003
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

3

Jazz & Latin American Songs


















Rating: 5.5/10 
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Record Label: Saga
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Ώτα μου καλησπέρα,
23 "στάνταρ latin" κομμάτια από την Αργεντινή, τη Βραζιλία, την Κούβα και το Μεξικό, ιδωμένα όμως υπό το "jazz πρίσμα" μερικών μεγαθήριων της jazz όπως: Louis Armstong, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker, Gene Krupa, Duke Ellington κ.α.. Εξαιρετικά τα "Kiss Of Fire" (Louis Armstrong) και "Brazil" (Django Reinhardt), και η καταπληκτική εκδοχή του "Besame Mucho" από τον αγαπημένο μου Oscar Aleman.

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

4

Cachaito - Orlando Cachaito Lopez


















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Record Label: World Circuit
Year Released: 2001
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Ώτα μου καλημέρα
Συνεχίζω με ένα παλιότερο αγαπημένο μου δισκάκι, με πρωταγωνιστή τον κοντραμπασίστα των "Buena Vista Social Club", Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez. Κλασικός κουβανέζικος ήχος με κάποιες όμορφες νεωτεριστικές ενορχηστρωτικές πινελιές, στον μοναδικό προσωπικό δίσκο του Lopez, σε παραγωγή Nick Gold. Το "Cachaito" είναι ψευδόνυμο που του αποδόθηκε ως ο "νεότερος συνεχιστής" της μουσικής παράδοσης του θείου του "Israel Cachao Lopez", συνθέσεις του οποίου περιέχονται στο δίσκο ("Redencion" & "A Gozar El Tumbao"). Ξεχωρίζουν τα "Mis Dos Pequeρas", "Tumbanga" και το "Wahira" στο οποίο συμμετέχει και ο θρυλικός Ibrahim Ferrer.

Εκτός του Lopez στο κόντραμπάσο και την πολυμελή μπάντα, τα κομμάτια του δίσκου πλαισιώνουν οι Miguel "Anga" Diaz (Congas/Percusion), Amadito Valdes (Timpales), Carlos Gonzalez (Bongos), Alejandro Pichardo (Claves & Guiro), Bigga Morrison (Hammond Organ & Clavinet) και Manuel Galban (Electric Guitar).

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About Orlando "Cachaito" López
Orlando "Cachaito" López (1933 – February 9, 2009) was a Cuban bassist, who has gained international attention especially since his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. He was nicknamed Cachaito ("little Cachao") after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López.

Born in Havana on February 2, 1933, Orlando "Cachaito" López first got actively involved in music when he was only nine years old. By the age of eleven he was involved with an orchestra with his aunt. His early desire was to play the violin, but his Grandfather Pedro insisted he take up the double bass, as there had been a long tradition of bassists in the López family - legend has it that there are over 30 bassists in its lineage; a trend that they did not want stopped. He started learning the double bass on a cello, quickly moving onto a double bass when he was large enough. His musical career is said to have started when he was twelve, and at the age of 13, Cachaíto composed his first piece, a danzón called Isora Infantil. By the time he was 17 he replaced his uncle as the bassist with Arcano y sus Maravillas, a band that had been around since before Cachaito was born. He made such an impression on the group that he was asked to stay.

In the 1950s, he helped create the descarga style of music that is a mix between jazz-styled improvisation with Afro-Cuban rhythms, and by 1957 he was playing with the hugely popular Havana dance band, Orquesta Riverside. In the 1960s, he became a bassist with the National Symphony, and was also a key member of Irakere, a Cuban experimental band that combined pop, classical, Cuban folk, African and jazz influences.

He was also a member of the Buena Vista Social Club (appearing in Wim Wenders' documentary Buena Vista Social Club). After a career spanning some 60 years, Cachaito was still touring and recording (including playing bass as part of a Cuban touring group also featuring Guajiro Mirabal, Aguajé Ramos and Manuel Galbán), and many considered him to be one of the finest bassists in Cuba.

López died in a Cuban hospital on February 9, 2009, of complications from prostate surgery. He was 76.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

6

Boogaloo Pow Wow - Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica



















Rating: 7/10
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Record Label: Honest Jon's Records
Year Released: 2008
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Ενώ γεωγραφικά φεύγουμε από τη Νότιο Αμερική και κάνουμε ένα νοητικό ταξιδάκι στη Νέα Υόρκη, ηχητικά παραμένουμε στα ίδια latin "μονοπάτια" με τις προηγούμενες αναρτήσεις τις τελευταίας περιόδου. Πρόκειται για μία εκπληκτική συλλογή, που συνιστώ ανεπιφύλακτα, με latin μουσικές και τραγούδια από τους "λατίνους" της Νέας Υόρκης (Ο χαρακτηρισμός Nuyorica προσδίδεται στους Πορτορικανούς που ζούνε στη Νέα Υόρκη). Μερικά ονόματα αρκούν για να πάρετε μία γεύση του τι ακριβώς περιέχει αυτό το δισκάκι: Ray Barretto, Willie Bobo, Tito Rodriguez κ.α. Προσωπικά έφαγε κάποια απανωτά repeat το άγνωστο για εμένα ως τώρα: "No Me Dejes" (La Playa Sextet), βρήκα εξαιρετικά τα "Chua Chua Boogalooo" (Joe Loco), "Mi Guajira Si" (Tito Rodriguez), "Shining Knight" (Willie Rosario) και βέβαια κλασική αξία το "Trinidad" από τον μέντορα του είδους Willie Bobo. Αν και νομίζω ότι είναι το λιγότερο "λατινογενές" κομμάτι της συλλογής, το "Feelin' The Pain" από τις "Dianne & Carole" είναι ένα latin/soul διαμαντάκι.

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