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Ariel Pocock: Touchstone
Ma la giovanissima Ariel non s'è fatta intimorire: evidenzia buone doti come vocalist, ottime come pianista e s'integra bene con gli illustri colleghi, senza cercare inutili protagonismi. In realtà i brani più interessanti del disco sono quelli unicamente strumentali, dove la leader s'esprime con un disinvolto stile jarrettiano, mettendo in mostra fraseggi incalzanti ("Barrel Roll"), competenza armonica ("When I Fall in Love") e capacità d'interagire improvvisando con raffinatezza (in "All The Things You Are" con Julian Lage).
Nel ruolo di cantante, la voce -luminosa e un po' infantile -deve ancora maturare nelle capacità timbriche e interpretative mentre si mostra già convincente nelle esecuzioni in scat a tempo sostenuto.
Nel complesso un buon livello di maturità interpretativa che darà ottimi frutti in futuro.
Track Listing
Exactly Like You; Devil May Care; Real Emotional Girl; Barrel Roll; Country; You Can Close Your Eyes; Ugly Beauty/Still We Dream; All the Things You Are; When I Fall in Love; Rainbow Sleeves; Mother Stands for Comfort; Touchstone.
Personnel
Ariel Pocock
pianoAriel Pocock: pianoforte, organo, voce; Seamus Blake: sax (tenore); Julian Lage: chitarra; Larry Grenadier: contrabbasso; Eric Harland: batteria, percussioni.
Album information
Title: Touchstone | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Justin Time Records
About Ariel Pocock
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