专辑英文名: Sambao
歌手: Kenny Barron
音乐风格: 爵士
资源格式: FLAC
发行时间: 1993年
地区: 法国
语言: 英语
简介:
出品厂牌：Polygram Records
唱片编号：Emarcy 512 736-2
音乐风格：Jazz
专辑时长：59:56 min
专辑介绍：
Kenny Barron 现代著名波谱钢琴演奏家，是少数能够传神地表达摇摆韵味的钢琴手之一。1943年生于费城，12岁的时候开始学习钢琴，之后他加入了由Mel Melvin所领导的节奏蓝调乐团，50年代末期曾先后经历大师级人物的洗礼，这其中包括了鼓手Philly Joe Jones、Jimmy Heath与Yusef Lateef。60年代初期Kenny Barron参加了由Dizzy Gillespie所率领的欧洲巡回演出，回国之后大部分的时间依旧以搭配乐手的身份出现，直到80年代初期与萨克斯风手Charlie Rouse合组一个以演绎Thelonious Monk音乐风格的乐团，并且留下几张堪称经典的作品之后，才算尝到了真正走红的滋味，Kenny Barron的弹奏自有他的秩序与原则，丰富的创意力使他无须花俏繁杂便能够应付任何合奏所需的效果。KENNY BARRON 优雅的弹奏，充满感情的旋律和极具感染力的节奏使得LOS ANGLES TIMES称其为ONE OF THE TOP JAZZ PIANISTS IN THE WORLD。
Reviews:
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All Music Guide
Sambao is Kenny Barron's tribute to Brazilian music done his way. These original compositions by the peerless pianist combine jazz and samba in a modernistic way, with no copying of tunes from the master Antonio Carlos Jobim, and no hint of the populist Stan Getz approach due to the lack of a lead instrument, save Barron's attractive and inventive piano.
He's accompanied by heavyweights of the Rio-cum-New York City scene, including guitarist Toninho Horta, bassist Nico Assumpção, and French-born percussionist Mino Cinelu. Barron's (and most people's) favorite jazz drummer Victor Lewis is included, reinforcing the rhythms expertly as usual. Though not a working or touring group on any level, the ensemble sounds extremely tight and exactly in tune with what Barron's wants to portray. The tune "Bacchanal" is one Barron's fans might remember in his early days when recording for the Muse label, also included on the Sonny Fortune LP Serengeti Minstrel, and it is happily revised in full, bright regalia.
Cinelu's composition "Yalele" is also joyous, as shouted vocals and a group chorus of the title soar over a deeper piano sound from Barron. The lengthy "Encounter" and "Gardenia" stretch out, allowing all the players to fully interact and especially improvise, the former in a mysterious mood mixing up meters but settling in 4/4, the latter nicely sweet, patient, and more collaborative as Barron's genius musings turn into occasional flourishes à la Oscar Peterson. Modal jazz meets the rain forest during "On the Other Side" as a pure singsong melody is adopted, quite similar to the Barry Harris tribute "Nascimento." "Ritual" is a fast, faded-in-samba jam that might have been an accidental afterthought turned into a welcome inclusion, while the most airy and breezy tune is "Belem," in the straightest Brazilian style. Horta is always excellent, but is more restrained save "Gardenia," and Lewis keeps thing rolling along without allowing them to burst out.
Anyone who has appreciated the genius of Kenny Barron over the many fruitful years of his career can easily enjoy this sidebar project, with the hope that someday, he'll do it again.
Personnel:
*Kenny Barron: Piano
*Nico Assumpção: Bass
*Mino Cinelu: Percussion
*Toninho Horta: Guitar
*Victor Lewis: Drums
Recorded & Mixed on May, June and July 1992 in New York City.
(P) & © Phonogram / Polygram S.A. France.
about Kenny Barron... (from wikipedia.org)
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Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943 in Philadelphia), is an American jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, and known for his lyrical, adaptive style.
His talent first came to wider recognition when he took the piano chair in the 1960s Dizzy Gillespie quartet. He graduated in 1978 with a BA in Arts from Empire State College (Metropolitan Center, NYC). He also co-led the groups Sphere and the Classical Jazz Quartet. Between 1987 and 1991, Barron recorded several albums with Stan Getz, most notably Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions, Serenity, Anniversary and People Time, a 2-CD set. He has been nominated nine times for Grammy Awards and for the American Jazz Hall of Fame. For over 25 years, Barron taught piano and keyboard harmony at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He now teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.
for detailed information, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Barron
