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Verve's Bossa Nova U.S.A.
by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
Paul Desmond: Samba with Some Barbecue Originally titled “Struttin' with Some Barbecue" in 1941, this Satchmo tune lost its Dixie beat and got a bossa groove in the hands of the infallible Don Sebesky. Brazilian drummer Airto Moreira, then a newcomer in the New York jazz scene, provides a fiery propulsion to Paul Desmond's lyrical approach and “dry martini" alto sound. Different from the sad results of pseudo-bossa albums by Gene Ammons, Sonny Rollins, and so many others, this is ...
Continue ReadingGary McFarland: The In Sound & Soft Samba
by Rob Caldwell
Arranger, vibraphonist and singer Gary McFarland is regarded as one of the major purveyors of orchestral jazz--a type of jazz which had its heyday in the 1960s, but which is not heard as much anymore. A fine line separates orchestral jazz from the dreaded “easy listening" tag. A line so fine, they're often one and the same. McFarland, thankfully, managed to walk more on the jazz side, recording a series of albums for Verve and Impulse before his untimely death ...
Continue ReadingGary McFarland - Bill Evans: The Gary McFarland Orchestra - Special Guest Soloist Bill Evans
by AAJ Italy Staff
Esce in ristampa questa storica registrazione della Verve che vide l'incontro tra il grande arrangiatore Gary McFarland e l'incommensurabile Bill Evans. Che dire! Un pianista di cui spesso si è affermato che suonava come un'orchestra, affiancato da un'autentica orchestra (e che orchestra: date un'occhiata all'elenco dei musicisti).L'analogia che viene alla mente ascoltando l'album è quella pittorica. La musica si muove per colori, per pennellate. A volte tenui e delicate, su fondi pastello, altre volte per stratificazioni successive. Sempre, ...
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