Quartette Indigo w/Regina Carter: Afrika! Afrika!

Ethno Jazz / Modern Jazz
premiera polska: 1996-02-01
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
opis:
allmusic.com::
Quartette Indigo is one of the finest jazz string quartets of the late 1990s. Their debut recording finds the ensemble (consisting of leader Akua Dixon on cello, violinists Regina Carter and Marlene Rice, and Ron Lawrence on viola) playing a wide variety of music. The style ranges from Eubie Blake's rag "Fizz Water" and the gospel-like "This Little Light of Mine" to "So What," "Song for My Father," pieces that are classical-oriented, "Akua's Blues," and the freely improvised "Rush Hour." Swinging string ensembles are still a rarity, particularly ones where all four musicians can improvise at this high level. Highly recommended.
by Scott Yanow

Kennedy Center Jazz Festival: ..... swings with a gritty passion. Washington Post 1999

..... a jazzy good time [was] had by all! Capital Spotlight 1999

..... the quartet's palette of rich and resonant tones was perhaps put to best use on an appropriately eloquent and evocative tribute to Duke Ellington. Washington Post 1999

muzycy:
Regina Carter, Akua Dixon, Marlene Rice, Ron Lawrence

utwory:
Conversation Piece, So What, Love Song, Hound Dog, Afrika! Afrika!, Theme for the Eulipions, A Night in Tunisia, This Little Light of Mine, Fizz Water, Song for My Father, Rush Hour, Akua's Blues

wydano: 1997
nagrano: Recorded at Systems II Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY

more info: www.jazzdepot.com