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Wadada Leo Smith: Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk
Ed è proprio il silenzio l'interlocutore privilegiato della tromba di Smith per tutti i cinquantacinque minuti di Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk. Quattro celebri brani di Thelonious e quattro composizioni originali formano una lunga suite nella quale le frasi vengono scolpite con estrema lucidità, le note ricevono dal silenzio, dagli intervalli più o meno dilatati un carico di significati che va ben oltre il linguaggio musicale. I classici di Monk non vengono né stravolti né destrutturati per essere poi ricomposti, semplicemente, si fa per dire, Wadada ne esalta le linee melodiche attraverso un lento, riflessivo e intimo processo di distillazione.
Splendido come al solito il packaging della finlandese TUM Records: custodia cartonata, libretto ricco di informazioni biografiche e non, art work assai curato con splendide foto e una meravigliosa riproduzione dell'artista astratto finlandese Ole Kandelin.
Track Listing
Ruby, My Dear; Monk and His Five Point Ring at the Five Spot Café; Reflections; Adagio: Monkishness - A Cinematic Vision of Monk Playing Solo Piano; Crepuscule with Nellie; Adagio: Monk, the Composer in Sepia - A Second Vision Thelonious Monk; Monk and Bud Powell at Shea Stadium - A Mystery; ´Round Midnight.
Personnel
Wadada Leo Smith
trumpetWadada Leo Smith: trumpet
Album information
Title: Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: TUM Records
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