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Samo Salamon Ra Kalam Bob Moses Orchestra: Dream Suites vol. 1
Il risultato finale, come detto, è assolutamente notevole, vitale, mai ripetitivo o comunque prolisso, verboso o sterilmente accademico, vacuamente cerebrale o spocchioso. Qui no: tutto procede alla grande, con continui micro-episodi che danno spolvero alle tre suites del titolo, mettendo in luce ora l'uno ora l'altro solista (spesso in vivifica combutta fra loro) senza che sia necessario (né utile, néin fondocorretto) evidenziare questo o quell'apporto rispetto ad altri.
Per chi ama un jazz non supino ma neppure proteso in troppo avventurosi voli pindarici (che non di rado lasciano il tempo che trovano), un'autentica manna dal cielo.
Album della settimana.
Track Listing
Drums Suite; Djembe Suite; Freedom March Suite.
Personnel
Samo Salamon
guitar, electricDave Ballou
trumpetTom Varner
french hornBen Goldberg
clarinetAdam Kolker
woodwindsAndrew Rathbun
saxophone, tenorNed Rothenberg
saxophoneDan Willis
saxophoneRez Abbasi
guitarSteve Hunt
keyboardsMatt Pavolka
bassTim Daisy
drumsRa Kalam Bob Moses
drumsAdditional Instrumentation
Adam Kolker: tenor saxophone, clarinet; Andrew Rathbun: tenor saxophone; Ned Rothenberg: alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Dan Willis: tenor and soprano sax, alto flute, bass clarinet; Rez Abbasi: electric guitar; Matt Pavolka: fretless electric, double bass; Ra Kalam Bob Moses: drums, percussion; Russ Johnson: trumpet (2); Jeb Bishop: trombone, electronics (1); Steve Swell: trombone (1,2); Curtis Hasselbring: trombone (2,3); Chet Doxas: tenor saxophone, clarinet (1,2); Vinny Golia: soprano and alto sax, clarinet (3); Ernst Reijseger: cello (1,3); Jonathan Goldberger: electric guitar (1); Mike Baggetta: acoustic guitar (1,3); Jerome Harris: lap steel guitar (3); Michael Cain: piano (1); Jimmy Haslip: electric bass (3); Chris Lightcap: double bass (2); Eivind Opsvik: double bass (1,3).
Album information
Title: Dream Suites vol. 1 | Year Released: 2025 | Record Label: Samo Records
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