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Elektrojazz: Cars
ByThere is a limitation, though, the band decided to dedicate itself to the seventies. As the musicians explain in a note: "We decided to make a musical tribute to the greatest cars of this cool automobile decade. Each track is dedicated to a specific model. We have car chase music, late night highway cruising tunes and funky driving grooves."
Part of the fun of the album is to speculate if there's any connection between the car and the music. Is it possible that the slick, ambient Fender Rhodes chords and fat, shiny brass on "L'Esprit" and "Stingray" reflect the impossible curved elegance of a Lotus Esprit and a Corvette Stingray?
Such speculations aside, the album simply works as a superbly seductive sheet of funk rhythms where the sounds from trombonist Anders Larson and keyboard-player Anders Rose soar and the tight rhythm section of bassist Matthias Petri and drummer Anders Svendsen keep everything in the pocket. The guest players, percussionist Rune Harder Olesen and trumpeter Gerard Presencer, add extra spice. Presencer has a tone reminiscent of the great Freddie Hubbard and those enamored with the trumpeter's fusion period will find much to love about this gem of record that shouldn't be hidden in the garage. Instead, the wise thing to do would be to take it out for a spin.
Track Listing
Groove Challenger; Maserating; 240ZET; Mulsanne Straight; Pacer Blues; Lambo Mambo; The Ring; 911T Cruise Blues; L'Esprit; Silverstone; Three-O-Eight; aab urbo; Daytona; Alfabivalence; Stingray.
Personnel
Anders Larson: trombone; Anders Rose: Fender Rhodes; Matthias Petri: electric bass; Andreas Svendsen: drums; Gerard Presencer: three-valve trumpet; Rune Harder Olesen: percussion.
Album information
Title: Cars | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Calibrated
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