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Either/Orchestra: Mood Music for Time Travellers
Gershon è un bandleader e arrangiatore versatile e aperto, che guarda con interesse alle musiche popolari e regala in ogni album emozioni diverse senza tradire un'estetica legata ai concetti di Gil Evans e soprattutto di Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: arrangiamenti sostenuti da un palpabile swing o ritmi danzanti, che fondono agili giochi di sezione e spigliati interventi solisti.
In questo bel lavoro la fonte d'ispirazione più evidente torna ad essere, come nel citato Afro-cubism, la musica latina in generale ed afrocubana in particolare, come testimonia già il secondo brano "Beaucoups Kookoo" ed i successivi "Coolocity," "Ropa Loca," "Latin Dimensions," "Suriname" che presentano, nella sintesi, climi e gradazioni anche molto diversi.
Tra gli altri temi ricordiamo "The Petrograd Revision" dal contagioso funky groove e il delicato, impressionistico "Portrait of Lindsey Schust" dove traspare l'amore per la lezione evansiana. Gli interventi solisti sono sempre di prim'ordine: spiccano quelli di Tom Halter alla tromba, Joel Yennior al trombone e Godwin Louis mentre un plauso va all'eccitante lavoro ritmico di Pablo Bencid e Vicente Lebron.
Track Listing
The (One of a Kind) Shimmy; Beaucoups Kookoo; Coolocity; Portrait of Lindsey Schust; Ropa Loca; Thirty Five; Latin Dimensions; The Petrograd Revision; Suriname; History Lesson.
Personnel
Either/Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraRuss Gershon
multi-instrumentalistDaniel Rosenthal
trumpetTom Halter: trumpet; Daniel Rosenthal: trumpet; Joel Yennior: trombone; Godwin Louis: alto saxophone; Russ Gershon: tenor, soprano saxophones; Charlie Kohlhase: baritone saxophone (1, 2, 6-8); Kurtis Rivers: baritone saxophone (3, 9, 10); Henry Cook: flute (4, 5); Rafael Alcala: piano, Hammond B3 organ; Rick McLaughlin: double-bass, electric bass; Pablo Bencid: drums; Vicente Lebron: congas, bongos, percussion.
Album information
Title: Mood Music For Time Travellers | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Accurate Records
About Daniel Rosenthal
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