DAVID BENOIT / MARC ANTOINE – SO NICE!
A perfect blending of these great artist’s instrumental
styles, 'So Nice!' combines the cool grooves of Smooth Jazz with the exotic
sensuosity of Brazilian music, and the result is pure magic. Highlights include
Antonio Carlos Jobim’s classic samba “Só Danço Samba,” the popular
international favorite 147;So Nice” and eight inspired Benoit and Antoine
originals! Full tracklist: French Café; Penthouse In Copacabana; Só Danço Samba;
Caminando; A Café Au Lait Bentley; All Said & Done; Rio Deluxe; Puma Trail;
So Nice; and Algarve.
BILL FRISELL / THOMAS MORGAN – SMALL TOWN
Small Town presents guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist
Thomas Morgan in a programme of duets, the poetic chemistry of their playing
captured live at New York's hallowed Village Vanguard. The album is released on
both CD and 180g vinyl (with a free download code). Frisell made his debut as a
leader for ECM in 1983 with the similarly intimate In Line. The guitarist's
rich history with the label also includes multiple recordings by his iconic
cooperative trio with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano, culminating in Time and Time
Again in 2007. Small Town begins with a tribute to Motian in the form of a
searching, 11-minute interpretation of the late drummer's composition "It
Should've Happened a Long Time Ago", the duo's counterpoint yielding a
hushed power. Morgan has appeared on several ECM albums of late, as bassist of
choice for Tomasz Stanko, Jakob Bro, David Virelles, Giovanni Guidi and
Masabumi Kikuchi. Small Town sees Frisell and Morgan pay homage to jazz elder
Lee Konitz with his "Subconscious Lee", and there are several
country/blues-accented Frisell originals, including the hauntingly melodic
title track. The duo caps the set with an inimitable treatment of John Barry's
famous James Bond theme "Goldfinger".
KEVIN EUBANKS - EAST WEST TIME LINE
On 'East West Time Line', guitarist Kevin Eubanks explores
the chemistry he maintains with musicians on both coasts. Joining Eubanks on
this stellar outing are the irrepressibly swinging Jeff "Tain" Watts,
bassist Dave Holland, pianist Orrin Evans and trumpeter Nicholas Payton,
drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith and saxophonist Bill Pierce. Once
again, his distinctive finger-style approach to the instrument is in the
service of tunes that run the stylist gamut from urgent swingers to
introspective ballads to Latin-tinged numbers and some get-down Philly funk. "Eubanks
is a complete player, whether delivering jaw-dropping solos or flavourful
comps." JazzTimes // "His sound is known to be muscular and with
impetuous virtuoso in the fast songs, more delicate and gentle in slow and
moderate, demonstrating his large capacity of expressive musicality.' - All
About Jazz // "Preeminent musicianship and a restless sense of
creativity.' – PopMatters
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