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Jacob Melchior: It's About Time
Da dietro i tamburi Melchior dirige il Trio de SUM - che si compone anche del pianista Tadataka Unno e del bassista Hassan JJ Shakur - facendo leva su qualità ritmiche d'assoluta levatura e si diletta nel creare percorsi d'arrangiamento fantasiosi e di sicuro fascino espressivo; come nell'iniziale "Dancing Foo" unita a "Squatty Roo" di Johnny Hodges, per poi cambiare versante con un tuffo nella musica di Jobim ("Brigas nunca mais") e nella ballad d'altri tempi come "For All We Know," levigata dalla calda voce dell'ospite Frank Senior.
La musica contenuta in It's About Time si sviluppa in maniera compatta, anche se a emergere sono le doti dei singoli, come il timbro prezioso di Tadataka Unno e la scioltezza di un contrabbassista flessibile come Hassan JJ Shakur; valori fondamentali di una seduta di registrazione ispirata, dove alle poche cose pianificate si sono aggiunti molti spunti di formidabile immediatezza.
Track Listing
1. Dancing Foo/Squatty Roo; 2. Brigas nunca mais; 3. For All We Know; 4. The Lady of My Life/My Baby; 6. You Don't Know What Love Is/Love Is What; 7. Bird of Beauty; 8. Summer Fair; 9. It Might As Well Be Spring; 10. Lover/Gerry’s Wig.
Personnel
Tadataka Unno
pianoTadataka Unno: piano; Hassan JJ Shakur: contrabbasso; Jacob Melchior: batteria; Frank Senior: voce in #3.
Album information
Title: It's About Time | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Point of Departure, WMPG-FM
About Tadataka Unno
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