Faces & places
Beskrivning:Den österrikiske pianisten Joe Zawinul kom till USA i slutet av 1950-talet och blev en viktig del i Cannonball Adderleys kvintett. Zawinul övergick tidigt till el-piano och syntheziser och var med när Miles Davis elektrifierade sin musik. Därefter bildade han, tillsammans med Wayne Shorter, det banbrytande fusionbandet Weather Report. Han har sedan fortsatt att söka nya vägar inom musiken och det här sena albumet kanske kan ses som en sammanfattning. Utviknings-digipac.
"Keyboardist/composer Joe Zawinul's accomplishments with Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, and Weather Report, amid his revolutionary approach to synths, cannot be undermined. In some instances, artists such as Zawinul set paradigms of excellence and inventiveness that might seem difficult to repeat. Naturally, the listener shouldn't expect any performer to continually rest on his or her laurels, or abide by a proven or perhaps unwavering formula. To that end, Zawinul's 2002 solo effort seems to be a summarization of his recent jazz/fusion/world music stylizations, witnessed by his Zawinul Syndicate band. As this solo effort offers more of the same. Here, the keyboardist enlists a multinational cast of percussionists (including ex-Weather Report personnel), vocalists, and soloists for an album that more or less mirrors his recent output. Regrettably, few if any of these works impart a permanent impression. Many of these arrangements feature Zawinul's wily synth passages and otherworldly Vocoder (digital EFX) based vocalese. He pays homage to his former employer, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, on the piece titled "The Spirit of Julian "C" Adderley." The basis for this production entails an array of rather predictable worldbeat-style discourses consisting of shifting percussion vamps, North African modalities, and quaint Austrian folk melodies. There are some touching moments to complement a few rousing opuses. Overall, there are some compelling musical events to coincide with what appears to be a hodgepodge of contrasting notions stitched together." (Glenn Astarita, allmusic.com)
14 spår; 65:47.
Språk:
Skivbolag: ESCJEFA 03679-2 (2000-2002)
Format: CD
Skick: Begagnad
Spår:
- The search
- All about Simon
- Introduction to Tower of Silence
- Tower of Silence
- The spirit of Julian "C" Adderley
- Familiar to me
- Café Andalusia
- Good day
- Barefoot beauty
- Rooftops of Vienna
- Borges Buenos Aires Part 1
- Borges Buenos Aires Part 2
- Siseya
- East 12th Street Band