SANTANA & MCLAUGHLIN - LIVE AT MONTREUX 2011: INVITATION TO ILLUMINATION
On September 18th, we'll see the release of the “Invitation To Illumination – Live At
Montreux 2011”. This is the first ever release of the audio from this unique
concert featuring the guitar talents of Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin and
includes most of the tracks from their classic 1973 album “Love Devotion
Surrender”. “Invitation To Illumination – Live At Montreux 2011” also features
the late Claude Nobs, founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, playing harmonica
on the final track. The evening
was a showcase of supreme musical virtuosity and spirituality and typified the
approach of these two great artists. “Invitation To Illumination – Live At
Montreux 2011” captures an incredible night of live music and is certainly a
performance not to be missed. Tracks include: Echoes of
Angels / Introduction; Downstairs Blues; The Life Divine; Venus / Upper Egypt; Duende; Let Us Go Into The House of The Lord; Peace On
Earth / Dear Lord; Black Satin; A Hard
Rain Is Gonna Fall; Smooth Criminal; Stairway
to Heaven; Land of 1000 Dances; Lord's
Prayer; Cindy Blackman Santana Drum
Solo; Free
America / The 8th of January; A Love
Supreme; La
Marseillaise; Montreux Boogie
(inc. La Grange); Right
Off; A Love Supreme; Guitar
Interlude; Shake It Up And Go; Right Off; Vuleta
Abajo; Vashkar; The
Creator Has A Master Plan; Guitar
Interludes; Naima; and Lotus
Land Op.47 No.1.
BOB BELDEN - ANIMATION
Features Bill Laswell
on electric bass & Kurt Elling
on spoken word. Recorded over three days in the autumn of 2014 at Bill
Laswell's Orange Studios in New Jersey, mixed by James Dellatacoma and mastered
by Mike Fossenkemper, Machine Language is the last and possibly most ambitious
work by American composer, orchestrator, arranger, saxophonist and all-round
conceptualizer Bob Belden with his historical group Animation. Belden died on
May 20th this year. In order to
realize his vision, Bob Belden enlisted Bill Laswell on electric bass and
renowned jazz singer Kurt Elling, who acts as narrator. As for the previous
album by Animation, Transparent Heart, also released on RareNoiseRecords in
2012, the lineup also comprises Peter Clagett on electrified trumpet, Roberto
Verastegui on keyboards and Matt Young on drums.
JOE
MAGNARELLI – THREE ON TWO
A killer
from trumpeter Joe Magnarelli – an artist we've already begun to appreciate a
lot for his recent work on the Posi-tone label – but a player who really wins
us over with this sweet little set! The record sparkles right from the start
with contributions from key labelmates – the mighty Brian Charette on Hammond,
Mike DiRubbo on alto, and the great Steve Davis on trombone – all players who
leap into the fray with Magnarelli right from the start, and come up with these
lines that are sophisticated, but always swinging too – stunningly soulful at
all the best moments, with a nice sort of sparkle,b ut no too-commercial
polish. Solos are great, and Magnarelli's writing is very nice on the album's
original tracks – and titles include "Easy", "26 2",
"Central Park West", "Paris", "Outlet Pass",
"Clockwise", and "My Reverie". ~ Dusty Groove
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