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Xavier Casellas: Yesterday's Sun

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Xavier Casellas: Yesterday's Sun
La voce non è certo il mio "strumento" preferito e questo spesso influisce in modo pesante sulle mie recensioni di album a firma di cantanti.

In questo caso, però, faccio volentieri un'eccezione. Innanzitutto perché la scelta dei brani non è affatto scontata. E poi perché i musicisti non svolgono un semplice ruolo di sostegno alla voce del leader, ma suonano come in un album strumentale. Ovvero, gli arrangiamenti mostrano un vero lavoro di re-interpretazione dei brani che, come è giusto che avvenga, a tratti diventa quasi di ri-scrittura.

Certo, a tratti la musica diventa poi oleografica ed estetizzante, ma l'atmosfera generale dell'album è più che buona.

Track Listing

01. My Ship (Weill-Gershwin) 5:02; 02. So It Seems (C.Cheek-X.Casellas) 7:16; 03. Keep on Walking (G.Vanelli) 4:31; 04. Not Like This (J.Lubbock) 2:19; 05. Last One's For the Road (E.Solla-X.Casellas) 7:33; 06. Jump (L.Süle) 5:59; 07. Mean Old Man (J.Taylor) 3:45; 08. But Not For Me (Gershwin) 4:52; 09. In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning (D.Mann-B.Hilliard) 4:34

Personnel

Xavier Casellas (voce), Emilio Solla (piano), Tom Warburton (contrabbasso), Dani Dominguez (batteria) Ospiti: Gorka Benitez (sax tenore), Cristo Fontecilla (chitarra), Raynal Colom (tromba), Pere Bardagi (violino), Manuel Martinez del Fresno (violoncello), Quim Badia (viola), Jordi Coll (violino)

Album information

Title: Yesterday's Sun | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Blue Moon

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