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The Paul Carlon Octet featuring Ileana Santamaria: Other Tongues

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

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Attivo da oltre un decennio sulla scena jazz e latin-jazz di New York, il sassofonista e compositore Paul Carlon raduna per il suo debutto da leader un ottetto privo di nomi altisonanti, ma assolutamente funzionale al tipo di musica proposta in Other Tongues.

Dunque altre lingue/linguaggi rispetto al jazz, che rimane il collante, il codice comune per decifrare e integrare ritmi e musiche dalla forte matrice afro-cubana. Con qualche curiosità come il rumbatap di “Rumbatapestry“ una singolare integrazione della tap-dance americana con i ritmi dell’isola di Cuba, principalmente rumba, e di altre parti del mondo. O come l’unico standard presente, la poco frequentata “Smada“ di Billy Strayhorn che parte come un danzon cubano per virare lentamente verso un porro colombiano.

In Other Tongues ci sono tutti gli elementi che fanno la felicità degli amanti del latin-jazz: grande attenzione alla propulsione e alla coloritura ritmica, sezione fiati potente e pirotecnica, con i flauti spesso in bella evidenza, la voce, qui è quella incantatoria di Ileana Santamaria, figlia del leggendario Mongo Santamaria, ad illuminare ulteriormente le linee melodiche. Con qualche concessione all’ortodossia jazzistica, l’accattivante blues di “Street Beat“, che accontenterà anche il pubblico meno incline ad abbandonare la via maestra della musica afroamericana.


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Track Listing

Lucid Dreaming; Rumbatapestry; Smada; Street Beat; A Certain Slant of Light; Boogie Down Broder; Extraordinary Rendition; The Spirit Calls; Portals; Clave.

Personnel

Paul Carlon
saxophone, tenor

Paul Carlon: tenor saxophone, flute, mbira; Anton Denner: alto saxophone, flute; Dave Smith: trumpet; Ryan Keberle: trombone; John Stenger: piano; Dave Ambrosio: bass; William "Beaver" Bausch: drums; Ileana Santamaria: vocals (2,3,8); Max Pollak: rumbatap (2,7); Buddy Terry: tenor saxophone (4).

Album information

Title: Other Tongues | Year Released: 2007 | Record Label: Deep Tone Records


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