STANTON MOORE – WITH YOU IN MIND: THE SONGS OF ALLEN
TOUSSAINT
One of the most soul-based albums in years from drummer
Stanton Moore – a set based around the classic songs of Allen Toussaint, and
which features help from a whole host of Nola guest stars too! Tunes are tight,
funky, and are a mix of vocal and instrumental numbers – with help from Cyril
Neville on three of the album's tracks, and Jolynda Kiki Chapman on one more.
Instrumental guests include Nicholas Payton on trumpet, Trombone Shorty on
trombone, and both Maceo Parker and Donald Harrison Jr on alto sax – who each
get a few tracks each. Tracks include sweet remakes of "Here Come The
Girls", "All These Things", "Night People", "The
Beat", "Everything I Do Gone Be Funky", "With You In
Mind", "Java", "Life", and a very cool take on
"Southern Nights", which features a very cool spoken reading of the
lyrics by Wendell Pierce of The Wire and Treme! (Includes download!) ~ Dusty
Groove
JOVINO SANTOS NETO & ANDRE MEHMARI – GURIS: A TRIBUTE TO
HERMETO PASCOAL
A gorgeous tribute to the music of Hermeto Pascoal –
performed here by the twin pianists Jovino Santos Neto and Andre Mehmari, with
some additional guest help from Hermeto himself! The album's way more than just
a set of piano work, though – as the music really lives up to the larger sonic
legacy of Pascoal's vision – and explodes with fresh colors and light at each
new twist and turn – sometimes when one or the other player might pick up
another instrument, like melodica, flute, harmonium, or bandolim – but still
even just when the sound comes from two acoustic pianos, soaring to the skies
in unison. Pascoal plays on a few of the album's tracks – adding in work on
melodica and teakettle – the last of which is a great example of how inventive
the sonic range of the performance is throughout! Titles include
"Certeza", "Guris", "Andorinhas", "Samba Do
Belaqua", "Dois Santos – Jorge E Antonio", "Aquela
Valsa", and "Bailando Com Cerveja". ~ Dusty Groove
BINKER & MOSES - JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAIN OF FOREVER
That's quite a cover for a record by Binker & Moses –
especially as the duo's always quite down-to-earth, and not nearly the kind of
proggish act you might expect from the album's image! Yet they've also expanded
a bit this time around – not into a full-jamming group, as they mostly stick in
their duo mode of Binker Golding on tenor and Moses Boyd on drums – but they also
allow for some great guest work from Evan Parker on tenor and soprano, and
Byron Wallen on trumpet – two musicians who show the heady company the duo can
keep after just a few short years of recording! The album also features a bit
of harp, tabla, and additional drums – but as on their wonderful debut, the
core energy still comes from the combination of tenor and drums – used in a way
that's raw and stripped-down, but still extremely powerful and moving. There's
even more spiritual energy here than the first time around – and titles include
"Reverse Genesis", "The Departure", "Trees On
Fire", "The Shaman's Chant", "Gifts From The Vibrations Of
Light", "The Voice Of Besbunu", and "Echoes From The Other
Side Of The Mountain". ~ Dusty
Groove
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