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Michael Blake: Dance of the Mystic Bliss
Dove regna un magistrale equilibrio tra le parti, dove gli archi sono tutt'altro che decorativi ed esplorano sonorità di terre lontane, dove le percussioni, discrete, richiamano ora ritmi ancestrali, ora profumi d'oriente, dove la chitarra elettrica secca e tagliente di Guilherme Monteiro incide con arte la polpa delle composizioni. A sovrintendere le evoluzioni sonore dell'ensemble la direzione musicale e gli arrangiamenti di Blake, con il suono caldo del tenore che, suo malgrado, illumina la scena, le escursioni vibranti del soprano, e un incantevole uso del flauto ("The Meadows" ne è fulgida testimonianza).
Disco dedicato alla mamma scomparsa, danzatrice, cantante e importante figura nella formazione artistica del nostro, Dance of the Mystic Bliss conferma la statura musicale di Blake e aggiunge un ulteriore tassello al suo variegato mondo musicale.
Album della settimana.
Track Listing
Merle the Pearl; Le Coeur du Jardin (The Heart of the Garden); Little Demons; Love Finally Arrives; Topanga Burns; Sagra; Prune Pluck Pangloss; The Meadows; Weeds; Cleopatra.
Personnel
Michael Blake
saxophone, tenorGuilherme Monteiro
guitarMauro Refosco
percussionRogerio Boccato
percussionSkye Steele
violinChris Hoffman
celloMichael Bates
bassAdditional Instrumentation
Michael Blake: soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute; Skye Steele: rabeca, gonji.
Album information
Title: Dance of the Mystic Bliss | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: P&M Records
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