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Re: Miles Davis - гений ХХ-го века Автор:pempeДата: 20.04.11 14:11:20
Miles Davis To Be Paid Homage At Monterey Jazz Festival September 18th www.milesdavis.com On Sunday, September 18th at the 2011 Monterey Jazz Festival, the Still Ahead Orchestra (directed by Vince Mendoza, featuring Terence Blanchard, Peter Erskine and Miles Evans) will perform selections from Miles Ahead, Porgy & Bess, and Sketches of Spain to celebrate the timeless music of Miles Davis
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Steve Smith and Vital Information Featuring Tom Coster and Baron Browne and Vinny Valentino The Palace of the Republic Minsk, Belarus www.palace.by
Re: Кто слушает джаз? Автор:pempeДата: 17.01.08 11:50:22
из новинок "гитарного" джаза: Mimi Fox "Perpetually Hip" Gambale Donati Fierabracci "Made in Australia" Machacek Sepp Garrison "Improvisation" T Lavitz "School of Arts" Marc Norgaard "Tolerance" Vital Information "Vitualization" Big Neighorhood "11:11" Michael Musillami "the treatment" Daryl Stuermer "Go" Alan Pasqua "The antisocial club" Carl Filipiak "I got your mantra" c битловской A day in the life (лучший его ранний Hotel real) Spaced Out "unstable matter"
и один без гитарки Billy Kilson's B.K. Groove
Re: Бадди Рич, Денниз Чемберз и др. джазовые барабанщики! Автор:pempeДата: 02.12.07 15:00:02
The music on the new Steve Smith and Vital Information "Vitalization" Cd is best described by the title itself. The latest outing by the venerable Vital Information institution established in 1983, serves notice that Fusion/Electric Jazz is still the most creative and potent force in the evolution of the Jazz genre. While Jazz traditionalists dismiss anything remotely associated with the "F" word, the rest of the world rightfully embraces the notion that plugging in and turning it up is good medicine for the soul.
Vitalization is the first Vital Information Cd on the Hudson Music label. I would have to say the change is a good one. The Hudson Music production and the sound quality of the music, rate near the top of the Cd format standard capabilities. This is certainly one recording that I would love to hear in the HD format (SACD, DVD-Audio).
This recording is also the debut of guitarist Vinny Valentino with Vital Information. Again, the change seems to be a good one. Vinny brings new life to the sound of the band. Playing a hollow body Yamaha AEX 1500 Electric Guitar through an Axon Ax 100 guitar synthesizer, Vinny demonstrates a variety of great sounds. While Vinny sites George Benson as an influence, there is a lot more to his sound and to my ears, he sounds like a combination of Grant Green and John McLaughlin - not bad!
These changes are just the beginning of the many things to appreciate on this recording. The addition of Bill Evans on Sax brings the funk songs to their full potential. Bill is one of Jazz's most under-rated sax players and I've found his playing to be consistently spectacular since his debut with the Miles Davis "come back" band featuring Mike Stern and Marcus Miller in 1981. There is also some fantastic percussion work by Pete Lockett, Gilad, and Juan Carlos Melián.
The most noticeable of the new sounds on this incredible recording are the two entries featuring Konnakol (South Indian Vocal Percussion) by Steve Smith and Pete Lockett. I found the songs fit the Electric Jazz project exceptionally well. It probably helps that they are both very good at it. For Fusion fans that enjoy odd time signatures, I found one song in 15 during my first listen and not surprisingly learned it was called 7 and a Half.
While I refer to the project as Fusion and Electric Jazz, the compositions vary widely from South Indian Konnakol, Funk, and straight ahead Jazz, to Fusion intensity and they all demonstrate exceptional improvisational and technical skills by everyone. Another strong plus factor for Fusion fans is there is only one ballad and it's smartly placed at the end of the disc (not a Fusion first, but it's always appreciated).
One thing that has always been present in the Vital Information recordings is what I call the "accessibility factor". It's doubtful that any musical enterprise would last 24 years without some attention paid to fans that appreciate a less self-indulgent and more "easy on the ears" style. Consequently some Fusion fans have found past projects a little too tame. Steve and company have a solid home run with Vitalization. Everyone can enjoy this at any level of appreciation. For those that listen to the "songs", they will enjoy some great music, while those that listen "note for note" will appreciate the incredible performances and energetic pace of the project.
Overall I would have to give this recording a solid 5-Star rating and strongly recommend it to anyone that enjoys the creative musical style called Fusion and anyone that appreciates a great Jazz recording.
By, Rick Calic jazzrockworld
Re: Miles Davis - гений ХХ-го века Автор:pempeДата: 09.11.07 16:51:37
Творчество легендарного Майлса не перестает быть источником вдохновения для все новых и новых поколений джазовых музыкантов в самых разных уголках земного шара. Свой цветок в венок поклонения памяти этого гиганта собирается вплести в ноябре 2007 года канадский трубач и композитор Ник «Браунмэн» Али (Nick “Brownman” Ali). Свою акцию он назвал Five Weeks For Miles.
Каждую пятницу ноября в Trane Studio в Торонто Ник будет играть с пятью различными квинтетами, представляя на каждом концерте свое видение различных периодов творчества Дэвиса. 2 ноября стартовая программа называлась «Молодой Майлс – Годы с Бердом». За ней последуют «Birth Of The Cool & Kind Of Blue – Пост-боповый Майлс» (9 ноября), "Plugged Nickel – Годы с Шортером» (16 ноября), "От Bitches Brew до Tutu – электрический Майлс» (23 ноября) и, наконец, 30 ноября финальная программа «Doo-bop – Если бы он был жив…». Соответственно тематике каждого концерта меняется и состав квинтета, с которым выступает Али. К реализации своего масштабного проекта он привлек целый ряд видных мастеров джаза Канады, среди которых ветераны саксофонист Пат Ла Барбера и ударник Терри Кларк, представители одного поколения с Али пианист Роби Ботос и гитарист Джастин Абердин, «молодые львы» басист Тайлер Эмонд и ударник Ларнелл Льюис.
Сам Али родом с острова Тринидад, джаз изучал в Нью-Йорке под опекой маститого Рэнди Брекера. Сегодня он является одним из ведущих трубачей Канады, работая как дома, так и в Штатах. Он является лидером популярного в Торонто ансамбля Cruzao, играющего латинский джаз, руководит работающим в стиле Дэвиса Brownman Electric Trio, а в Нью-Йорке является ведущим солистом в ансамбле короля местного хип-хопа Guru.
Re: Кто слушает джаз? Автор:pempeДата: 06.11.07 13:33:17
2papan >John Scofield-This Meets That (Emarcy / Umgd),18 Sept. 2007 >Джон на новом лэйбле со старыми друзьями Steve Swallow и Bill Stewart.Плюс гости на дудках.
17 ноября концерт Скофилда в Вильнюсе, состав как в диске
