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The Paislies: The Paislies

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Predilezione per i mezzi tempi, una configurazione strumentale atipica, musicisti di varia estrazione geografica, The Paislies sono una band che potremmo definire crossover, termine molto generico ma in grado di inquadrare in modo adeguato quel jazz, distante dalla tradizione ed infarcito di echi rock, che il gruppo propone.

I brani sono ben articolati, a tratti forse eccessivamente compiaciuti nella ricerca del ben suono o della bella risoluzione armonica, ma tanto più interessanti quanto più si allontanano dai linguaggi e dai modelli consolidati, siano essi jazzistici, rock, o appunto relativi a quel crossover che, essendo a sua volta diventato un genere, ha generato stilemi cristallizati e cristallizzanti.

In questo senso, crediamo avrebbe giovato all'album una migliore strutturazione della scaletta dei brani. Ottima la traccia d'apertura, quella che dà all'ascoltatore l'impatto, la prima impressione. Piuttosto debole, invece, la traccia di chiusura, con qualche ovvietà fusion di troppo.

Track Listing

1. Paislie Grey; 
2. Riverspirits; 
3. Out of the Dark; 
4. One in Mind; 
5. Plea; 
6. Lost with Hope in an Empty Sea; 
7. Sea-Change (Into Something Rich & Strange); 
8. I-75 South; 
9. Out of the Water

Personnel

Samir Zarif
saxophone

Samir Zarif (sax tenore e soprano); Jesse Lewis (chitarra), Eliot Cardinaux (organo), Miro Sprague (piano), Perry Wortman (contrabbasso), Paul Wiltgen (batteria)

Album information

Title: The Paislies | Year Released: 2008 | Record Label: Fresh Sound New Talent


About Samir Zarif

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