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BassDrumBone: The Other Parade
Si passa così dall'intricato groviglio strumentale dell'iniziale "Show Tuck" al sonnacchioso blues di "Blue Light Down the Line," dalla gioiosa fanfara neworleansiana di "King Louisian" alla ragnatela poliritmica di "Rhythm Generation," dallo splendido contrasto tra le linee melodiche pastorali e le sottolineature percussive di "Unforgiven" ai growl e ai colpi di lingua di "Lips and Grits".
Inutile sottolineare come il disco sia infarcito di splendidi assoli, di come metta in risalto un telepatico interplay, di come la musica fluisca contagiosa, di come riesca ad accontentare i palati più fini come l'ascoltatore occasionale e meno smaliziato. La splendida foto di copertina ci parla di tradizioni secolari - ritrae dei giovani tamburini di Gavoi (paese nel cuore della Barbagia) durante il carnevale -, la musica contenuta in The Other Parade è intrisa di tradizione ma parla il linguaggio della contemporaneità.
Track Listing
01. Show Tuck (Hemingway); 02. The Blue Light Down the Line (Helias); 03. King Louisian (Anderson); 04. Rhythm Generation (Helias); 05. Soft Shoe Mingle (Hemingway); 06. Unforgiven (Helias); 07. The Masque (Anderson); 08. Lips and Grits (Anderson); 09. The Other Parade (Hemingway).
Personnel
Mark Helias
bassMark Helias (contrabbasso); Gerry Hemingway (batteria); Ray Anderson (trombone).
Album information
Title: The Other Parade | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records
About Mark Helias
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