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Luca Aquino: OverDOORS
ByAquino, who has experimented with various unique textural platformselectronic and otherwisein his prior artistic explorations, continues that visionary path here. He approaches the vaunted material with both a respect for the original source and expands upon it with his amplified, wah-wahed, and generally "geared" up trumpet. It is obvious from the starting gate that this will be a highly-charged ride commencing with Aquino's frantic take on "Peace Frog."
As an improviser within the enhanced Rock format, Aquino's rich, velvet-toned, Chet Baker-esque trumpet blends exceptionally well with all of the machinations spinning around him ("Waiting for the Sun," "Blue Sunday," and "Ship of Fools"). There's a definite textural congruence with how he approaches this well-known material creatively; something that is credit to his artistic and production savvy. From a leader and arranger's stance, Aquino demos that he knows his stuff. He's taken the Doors' canonwhich, of courseincluded lyricsand plugged his instrumental vision in so well that the recording reflects the original while standing admirably on its own ("Yes, the River Knows," a gorgeous duet with acoustic guitar and with "Hyacinth House").
The accompanying musiciansbass, guitar and drums (with vocals added on selected tracks) are technically superb and utterly fierce in their combined approach ("Queen of the Highway," a mystical "Riders on the Storm," and a highly charged, near-unrecognizable version of "Light My Fire").
Doors purists might understandably have a preference for the real thing. However, you have to give Aquino and his mates their due. Their ship passes Morrison's in admiring review -saluting, renewing, and reinvigorating. It's a very fine journey well-worth plugging into.
Track Listing
Peace Frog; Waiting for the Sun; OverDoors; Blue Sunday; Queen of the Highway; ship of the Fools; Yes, the River Knows; Riders on the Storm; Hyacinth House; Light My Fire; Indian Summer.
Personnel
Luca Aquino
trumpetLuca Aquino: trumpet and live electronics; Dario Miranda: electric bass; Antonio Jasevoli: guitars; Lele Tomasi: drums; Rodolphe Berger: voice and guitars (8); Petra Magoni: vocal (5); Carolina Bubbico: vocal (11).
Album information
Title: OverDOORS | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Tuk Music
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