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Takuya Kuroda: Zigzagger
Musica ricchissima di groove e che strizza l'occhio ad alcuni capitoli nello stile più zigagante (appunto) di Miles Davis in alcuni casi, di Hugh Masekela in altre, ma che ricorre molto spesso anche alla muscolarità di un Maceo Parker a pieno regime in altri episodi ancora. È proprio fra questi ambienti che tutto l'album di muove, appoggiato alle sicurezze di una formidabile sezione rimica formata da Rashaan Carter al basso, Adam Jackson alla batteria (a cui va aggiunto Keita Ogawa alle percussioni di "Actors," "Do They Know" e "Good Day Bad Habit").
Un tocco di suono Seventies arriva dal Rhodes di Takeshi Ohbayashi, che qua e là si prende grandi spazi per ricamare su trame pulsanti di batteria e basso (su tutte l'assolo di "Little Words"). Zigzagger è un album che piacerà a chi adora i giri metronomici di un motore funk che spinge una brillante carrozzeria fatta di lucidissimo jazz.
Track Listing
R.S.B.D.; Zigzagger; I Don't Remember How It Began; No Sign; Do They Know; Thirteen; Little Words; Actors; Good Day Bad Habit; Think Twice.
Personnel
Takuya Kuroda
trumpetTakuya Kuroda: trumpet; Corey King: trombone, voice; Takeshi Ohbayashi: Fender Rhodes, synth; Rashaan Carter: bass, synth bass; Adam Jackson: drums, percussions; Keita Ogawa: percussions; Timothy Allen: guitar; Amayo: congas, backup vocals; Miles Arntzen: drums; Marcus Farrar: shekere, backup vocals; Martín Perna: baritone saxophone; Will Rast: keyboards; Jas Walton: tenor saxophone; Nikhil P. Yerawadekar: bass, guitar.
Album information
Title: Zigzagger | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Concord Music Group
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