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Clayton Brothers: Brother to Brother

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

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Innamorati dell'eredità sonora lasciataci dai fratelli Adderley, i Clayton (due fratelli ed il più giovane figlio dei due) ne ripropongono con grinta i tratti essenziali. Li contraddistingue un maturo, gioioso sound di gruppo, che arricchisce l'hardbop di base con il groove contemporaneo.

Piacciono l'abilità ed il piglio con cui il quintetto rivisita i propri modelli, dimostrando così di padroneggiare il repertorio e l'humus di riferimento. Forse una dose maggiore di coraggio avrebbe dato al disco una dimensione più personale, che si intravede laddove si abbandonano le frontiere più codificate del mainstream in favore di altri lidi.

E' il caso della traccia sei, dove l'energico sax alto di Jeff Clayton si libera del peso dell'ombra adderliana per rivelare una vocazione autenticamente più lirica ed efficace. In "Walking Bass" emerge la voglia di divertirsi, nel rivisitare con ironia uno standard di Keter Betts, contrabbassista di Ella Fitzgerald.

Per il resto tanta velocità e tecnica, che in "Jive Samba" convergono verso una pratica musicale non convenzionale, grazie all'adozione di un ipnotico funky groove in un flusso ritmico decelerato rispetto alla versione originaria.


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Track Listing

01. Wild Man; 02. Still More Work; 03. Jive Samba; 04. Big Daddy Adderleys; 05. Bass Face; 06. Walking Blues; 07. Where Is Love; 08. The Jones Brothers.

Personnel

Jeff Clayton
saxophone

Jeff Clayton (alto sax); John Clayton (contrabbasso); Terrell Stafford (tromba, flicorno); Gerald Clayton (pianoforte); Obed Calvaire (batteria).

Album information

Title: Brother to Brother | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: ArtistShare


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