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Brad Mehldau - Brad Mehldau Trio Live
Posted by Adrien on 2008-04-22 11:06:22
Nonesuch - NONESUCH 7559-79956-5
Distribution in France: Warner
Release date: March 24, 2008
The twelve titles of this double album, produced by Brad Mehldau, were all recorded at the Village Vanguard within a period of four days, from October 11 to 15, 2006.
The New York Time comments on the first evening: “A wonder of concentration and restraint…
Playing the Mehldau composition “Ruby’s Rub”, the trio generates an effervescent intensity that resembles the rhythm section of Miles Davis in the mid sixties, with Herbie Hancock at the piano and Tony Williams on drums”
Every Mehldau solo leaves the necessary space between melodic sequences and improvisation. Every opening is an opportunity foro the brilliant Jeff Ballard to demonstrate his rigor and his mastery of the drums.
In his composition entitled “Buddha Realm”, an anagram of Brad Mehldau’s name, Larry Grenadier anchors his resnece by a single and unique note, maintained in ostinato, to prepare the arrival of Mehldau, who offers us an ambidextrous solo of rare sensitivity.
According to Pop Matters, this is “the most aggressive and dynamic of all of Mehldau’s live albums”.
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Gabi Lunca - Sounds From A Bygone Age vol. 5
Posted by Adrien on 2008-04-22 11:00:27
Asphalt Tango - CD-ATR 1508
Distribution in France: Abeille Musique
Release date: April 17, 2008
Alongside Romica Puceanu, Gabi Lunca was the most valued performer of Romanian muzica lautareasca.
Gabi Lunca also spent many years singing at weddings, and although from the beginning of the 1990s her only performances were in Pentecostal churches, her voice remains unforgotten in Romania.
. Her songs are the quiet, melancholic songs of passion and yearning for one’s home, mother, or sweetheart; songs to lift the weight from one’s soul.
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Solveig Slettahjell - Domestic Songs
Posted by Adrien on 2008-04-22 10:59:14
ACT - ACT 9017-2
Distribution in France: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: April 10 2008
"Norwegian singer Solveig Slettahjell has perfected a very personal style on the sandy dunes between pop and jazz. The harmonies and melodies she favours can be very poppy, but her interpretations have the hallmarks of someone who has spent time studying jazz; it gives her music a depth you find in Robert Wyatt and Björk.
As the title warns, Domestic Songs was recorded at home, and at its best the album has the intimacy and delicacy you might expect from inviting a world-class performer into your sitting room."
The Guardian
This artist is currently on tour
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Watcha Clan - Diaspora Hi-Fi
Posted by Adrien on 2008-04-22 10:58:13
Piranha - CD-PIR2230
Distribution en France : Discograph
Date de sortie : 17 mars 2008
Altruistic dealers in cultures and humanities, they juggle rhythms and languages (French, Arabic, Hebrew, English) to the beat of the memories they have, the people they meet and the places they see. From the Eastern European melodies Karine’s mother sang to her when she was little to the chaabi, the Algerian blues Nassim the “khouya” (brother) from Oran, a friend and collaborator since 2003, introduced them to, from the cherifian grooves of Amarg Fusion to the burning lyrics of the Bourbia brothers, the MCs of Tox from Oran, to the hip-hop kick that appeals to Clem, the clan’s music man and sampler extraordinaire; Diaspora Hi-Fi, their new album, sings with the freedom of spirit of travelling people.
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Omar Sosa - Afreecanos
Posted by Adrien on 2008-04-22 10:57:34
Ota Records - OTA 1019
Distribution in France : Harmonia Mundi
Release Date : February 21, 2008
"Afreecanos is an ode to Africa," Omar says. "It continues on the path back to the roots, looking for parallels between various traditions, including Cuba, Brazil, Morocco, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, and Mozambique. This work expresses that we are all children of the same Mother, and even though our sounds come from many different places, we are all close in essence, conception, and origin. Because of this, it has not been difficult to unite the many artists who have contributed with their own musical languages... manifestations of the grand and living Africa."
Drawing upon his Afro-Cuban roots, Omar weaves his own artistry with traditional elements from across Africa and the Americas, producing a thoroughly contemporary jazz idiom that blends and celebrates the many and diverse voices heard here.
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