Blue Note Plays Jobim also features
wonderful performances
by a diverse group of artists doing interesting things
with Jobim material.
The opener is Cassandra Wilson’s
excellent reading of “Waters of March”
from her excellent 2001 recording Belly of the Sun.
Recorded in Clarksdale, MS,
it features Kevin Breit on slide guitar,
longtime Wilson collaborator
Marvin Sewell on acoustic guitar,
bassist Mark Peterson
and percussion from Cyro Baptiste.
Bud Shank follows
with “Samba Do Aviao (Song of the Jet)”
with his rhythm section of Brazilian musicians
that makes this a truly authentic recording.
This was recorded in 1965,
a long time after Shank recorded
what is arguably the first bossa recording, Brazilliance,
more than a decade prior.
Still, no Jobin collection
could be considered complete
without a version of “The Girl From Impanema.”
Here Eliane Elias provides a sexy vocal
along with her trademark piano work,
while Michael Brecker plays Stan Getz
to her Astrud Gilberto. Oscar Castro-Neves,
who was also there the first time around,
plays guitar, while bassist Marc Johnson
and drummer Paulo Braga round out the group.
Pianist Duke Pearson works
with Flora Purim and Airto Moreira
on a 1970 recording of “Lamento”
that is letter-perfect.
From gipsy guitarist Birelli Lagrene’s
Standards recording comes a meditative reading of
“Insenstez (How Insensitive).”
Birelli is accompanied
by Niel-Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass
and drummer Andre Ceccarelli.
Duke Pearson returns with Airto (who sings on this one)
and vocalist Stella Mars
with a version of “Once I Loved”
that emphasizes the song’s melancholy nature.
Frank Foster and Bobby Hutcherson also
make appearances in Pearson’s group.
Mars is not the vocalist that Flora Purim is,
but the piece is interesting enough.
Earl Klugh demonstrates what he can do
in the studio with nothing more than an acoustic guitar
and top-notch material,
unleashing his version of “Triste,”
originally heard on his early 80s album Late Night Guitar.
Most listeners agree
that this CD is one of Klugh’s finest.
Stanley Turrentine’s version of the Jobim classic
“Wave” features McCoy Tyner at the piano,
Gene Taylor on bass, and Billy Cobham at the drum kit.
Recorded in 1969 at the Van Gelder Studio,
it appeard on Turrentine’s Blue Note release Ain’t No Way.
It’s amazing the extent to
which people forget
that Turrentine was making
beautiful, smooth music with great content long
before the Mr. T. CTI days.
Blue Note Plays Jobim ends with
reprises of the strongest vocalists
on the CD, Cassandra Wilson and Elaine Elias.
Wilson does “Corcovado”
and makes it seem like
she’s singing it to you
in a friend’s living room at 3 A.M.
Elias takes us out
with a great rendition of “Desafinado”
featuring Eddie Gomez ane Jack DeJohnette,
with Nana Vasconcelos
providing some touches on percussion.
This CD is a great listen
for fans of Jobim’s music,
as well as for anyone
who enjoys Brazilian samba-influenced jazz.
디게 장엄하게
곡 설명과 뮤지션 설명을 했는데
아는 뮤지션이 별로없다.
그져 얼클루정도만..
눈에 뛰는데
이 앨범은 그다지 허접하지 않고
굉장히 완성도가 높다.
확실히 밝은 보사노바라고 하기보다는
단연 재즈같은 보사노바 앨범이다.
블루노트레이블이라고 해야하나
여튼 그 곳의 연주자들이 연주한
조빔의 음악인듯한데
담에 올릴
콘코드에서 나온 콤필레이션 조빔앨범과는
다른 느낌이 난다.
좀더 재즈스럽고
좀더 가볍지 않은
그런 보사노바라고 해야하나
좋은 앨범이라고 해야겠지.
앨범순서는 고딕으로 쳐진
위 본문에 나온 제목 순서...
꼭 한번 들어보심 좋을듯..^^
