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B for Bang: Across the Universe of Languages
Se non bastasse, e non basterà mai, questo CD ripercorre alcune pagine dei Fab Four in modo per così dire alternativo.
Nove canzone sono state arrangiate, per l’occasione, da David Chalmin, Nicola Tescari e Giovanni Sollima, sotto la guida della pianista Katia Labèque (nel passato fu musa ispiratrice di Miles Davis che le dedicò un paio di canzoni) e con un paio di camei di tutto rilievo (Patti Smith, Daniel Day Lewis e la nostra Meg).
Ne esce fuori un lavoro in cui la musica beatlesiana è solo lo spunto per successive improvvisazioni e rivisitazioni, in parte in chiave avanguardistica, in parte rifacendosi a rigurgiti rock mai sopiti. L’atteggiamento complessivo è di spessore intellettualistico, forse un po’ troppo decadente, un po’ troppo cervellotico. L’anima dei Beatles (tutta nella capacità di creare perfette pop song) viene risucchiata come in un vortice e sputata fuori con la freddezza tipica dell’atteggiamento avanguardistico (aree funebri, nostalgia a go-go e tanta tristezza).
Il periodo preso in considerazione va da Sgt. Pepper’s (“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite”), passando per il White Album (“Happiness is a Warm Gun”, “Blackbird”) fino a Abbey Road (“Come Together”).
Across the Universe of Languages è il tentativo di far diventare i Beatles una stilizzazione artistica. Senz’anima.
Track Listing
01. Ouverture (0:29) (Nicola Tescari); 02. Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite (3:06) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by Nicola Tescari; 03. Interlude 1 (1:00) (David Chalmin); 04. Helter Skelter (3:41) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by David Chalmin; 05. Golden Slumbers (3:12) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by David Chalmin; 06. I Want You (3:59) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by Nicola Tescari; 07. Reminiscence (2:25) (Giovanni Sollima); 08. Happiness is a Warm Gun (4:02) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by David Chalmin; 09. Julia (4:08) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by David Chalmin, Nicola Tescari; 10. Interlude 2 (0:22) (David Chalmin); 11. Between those Rocks (3:28) (Katia Labèque/Giovanni Sollima); 12. Interlude 3 (0:19) (David Chalmin); 13. Blackbird (4:19) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by Nicola Tescari; 14. Come Together (2:47) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by Nicola Tescari; 15. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (2:39) (Lennon/McCartney) Arranged by Nicola Tescari; 16. Notes to the Future (1:52) (Patti Smith/David Chalmin); 17. The Last Man on Earth (6:52) (David Chalmin/Massimo Pupillo); 18. One More Song (4:20) (Nicola Tescari).
Personnel
Marque Gilmore
drumsKatia Labèque (piano, Fender Rhodes); David Chalmin (chitarre; voce); Nicola Tescari (Rhodes, B3, piano); Massimo Pupillo (basso); Marque Gilmore (batteria); Patti Smith, Daniel Day-Lewis (voce); Katell Keineg, Meg, Nadeah (voce); Giovanni Sollima (violoncello); Mario Arcari (woodwind).
Album information
Title: Across the Universe of Languages | Year Released: 2008
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