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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: The Rhythm of Invention
La produzione attuale è meno ambiziosa della precedente dov'era coinvolta l'Orquestra Sinfoniettauna nutrita formazione da camera per un totale di trenta musicistima sempre efficace. Ora la sezione d'archi è presente principalmente in tre temi, All the Things You Are, The Rhythm of Invention e In a Mist, l'indimenticabile composizione cameristica di Bix Beiderbecke. In questi e altri brani si aggiungono vari ottoni e qualche ancia come supporto orchestrale.
Gli archi restano generalmente in secondo piano con funzione armonica ma in The Rhythm of Invention la loro integrazione nelle dinamiche orchestrali è più marcata, operando un efficace ruolo ritmico e timbrico con percussioni e ottoni. Il brano rappresenta il momento clou del disco nella sua inventiva fusione di un nastro parlato (da un'intervista di David Baker), un testo declamato da Akida Thomas, un ricco fondale percussivo, due ricchi assoli ed elastiche linee orchestrali. Meno interessante è la riscrittura cameristico/latina di In a Mist ma non era certo un lavoro facile.
Nel finale la tradizione afro-cubana prende il sopravvento (dai dinamici El Arroyo e Se Me Cayó el Veinte, al variopinto bolero Atardecer Matanceco diventando esplosiva nel frenetico Mi Descarga.
Track Listing
Vámonos Pa’l Monte; Take Five; All the Things You Are; So WhatSoftly, As in a Morning Sunrise; The Rhythm of Invention; In a Mist; El Arroyo; Se Me Cayó el Veinte; Atardecer Matanceco (Evening in Matanzas); Mi Descarga.
Personnel
Wayne Wallace
tromboneMurray Low
pianoDavid Belove
bassColin Douglas
drumsMichael Spiro
percussionGuests: Dayren Santamaria: violin (1, 8); Mary Fettig: flute, soprano and saxophones, and bass clarinet (1, 2, 5, 8, 10); Masaru Koga: tenor saxophone (5, 10); Melecio Magdaluyo:baritone saxophone (5, 10; Erik Jekabson: trumpet (5, 10); John Worley: trumpet (5, 10); Brennan Johns: bass trombone (2, 4, 7, 9); Miró Sobrer: trombone (2, 4, 7, 9); Matthew Waterman: trombone (2, 4, 7, 9); David Baker: pre-recorded interview (5); Sean Weber: trombone (2, 4, 7, 9); Eugene Chuklov: violin (3, 5, 6); Niki Fukuda: violin (3, 5, 6); Maria Romero: violin (3, 5); Daniel Stein: violin (3, 5); Edith Szendrey: viola (3, 5); Rose Wollman: viola (3, 5, 6); Kelly Knox: cello (3, 5); Monica Scott: cello (3, 5, 6); Akida Thomas: spoken word (5).
Album information
Title: The Rhythm of Invention | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Patois Records
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