Kinesthetics

Fusion Jazz/Modern Jazz
premiera polska: 2008-02-13
kontynent: Europa
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
opis:
multikulti.com
Scott Kinsey niemalże od początku swojej kariery związany był z legendarną dla fusion jazzu formacją Tribal Tech. Wraz ze Scottem Hendersonem i Gary Willysem stworzyli grupę, o której część krytyków pisało jako o najciekawszym z kontynuatorów niezapomnianej Weather Report [Wayne Shorter, Joe Zavinul, Jaco Pastorius ...] zjawisku we współczesnym jazzie.
Scott Kinsey oczywiście nie zamkyka się na alternatywne projekty, współpracuje z muzykami tej miary co James Moody, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Philips Bailey, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Bill Evans, Robben Ford, WDR Big Band, Serj Tankian (System of a Down), David Holmes & The Free Association, Joe Zawinul, Danny Carey (TOOL), Norrbotten Big Band, Tim Hagans, Bob Belden, Nicholas Payton & Sonic Trance. Lista nazwisk [sopranistka Anne Sofie Von Otter czy ikony ciężkiego rocka: Serj Tankian z System of a Down i Danny Carey z TOOL] jednoznacznie wskazuje na częstokroć poza jazzowe zainteresowania tego wyjątkowego muzyka.
Często zajmuje się muzyką filmową, można go usłyszeć m.in. w filmach "Ocean's Eleven", "Code 46", "Stander", "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind", "Brown Sugar", "Analyze That!" i oczywiście "Ocean's Twelve".
Najnowsza płyta 'Kinesthetics', do której nagrania zaprosił Steve'a Tavaglione, Arto Tuncboyaciyana, Cyrila Atefa, Michaela Landau'a, Scotta Hendersona, Vinnie Colaiuta, Alexa Acana umiejętnie wyważa elementy wirtuozowskie z grupową improwizacją.
Wiemy, że w świecie fusion jazzu nazbyt wiele można znaleźć płyt nagranych wg. zasady 'Pokaż mi wszystko co potrafisz', za często mamy do czynienia z płytami - popisówkami.
Potencjał instrumentalny zgromadzonych muzyków z pewnością pozwalałby na nagranie takiej właśnie płyty na poziomie mistrzowskim, jednak osobowość lidera sprawiła, że muzycy nie skupiają się na kuglarskich sztuczkach, nie szokują technicznym efekciarstwem, grają wzorcowy fusion jazz z dużą swobodą improwizacji i ciekawymi układami harmonicznymi.
Dla fanów gatunku pozycja obowiązkowa.[multikulti.com]




fragmenty recenzji:


...Most of the music on Kinesthetics is ear candy music. ...This is one man's vision.
Downbeat 2007, 3 1/2 Stars


Keyboardist Scott Kinsey spent an active 10 years with California fusion quartet Tribal Tech before the band took a still-ongoing recording hiatus near the turn of the century. With founding guitarist Scott Henderson navigating a bluesy solo career, Kinsey's solo debut Kinesthetics reunites the four Techsters (if not all at the same time) and proves that this keyboardist is one of the few you can trust with electronic synthesizers.

The opening title track features two generations of Tribal Tech alumni - bandmate/drummer Kirk Covington and original 1984 percussionist Brad Dutz - along with Kinsey's Weather Report-like vocoder work. The influence of that band's guru, keyboardist Joe Zawinul, is even more purposeful on the subsequent "This Is That" (Kinsey's answer to Zawinul's "This Is This"). Tribal Tech fretless bassist Gary Willis' updates of Jaco Pastorius further the comparison.

A parade of mostly California-based musicians create further highlights. Saxophonist Steve Tavaglione's romping "Sometimes I...," one of the few non-Kinsey compositions, is a harmonic shell game between the synthesizers, saxophone, and Abraham Laboriel Jr.'s bass. Tim Hagans' trumpet solo drives the funky "The Combat Zone," Vinnie Colaiuta's frenetic drumming the more traditional "Quartet," and bassist Jimmy Earl anchors Kinsey's electronic trance piece, "Uncle Pat's Gypsy Van."

If anything, Kinsey may come across as too reverent of Zawinul over the disc's first 10 tracks. But as if on cue, guitarists Henderson (on "Shinjuku") and Michael Landau ("One for Jinshi") add the one element missing from the sans-guitar Weather Report - and help Kinesthetics create heavy weather arguably more updated than Zawinul's recent work.
Jazziz, by Bill Meredith


There's no shortage of muscular playing. Kinsey doesn't completely subscribe to Zawinul's "everybody solos and nobody solos" aesthetic, but it does inform much of Kinesthetics. Still, with a broader set of references, Kinesthetics is an album that, with its continuous arc, appealing grooves and occasionally knotty but always appealing melodies, is one of the year's best fusion efforts.
John Kelman, All About Jazz
The entire review can be read here . All About Jazz




Kinesthetics is one of the best Jazz Rock Fusion Cd's in the last 10 years. If you've ever wondered what Jazz Rock Fusion should sound like - this is it!
Rick Calic, Jazz Rock World
The entire review can be read here. JazzRockWorld


During the early 90s and onward, the quartet Tribal Tech helped raise jazz-fusion from the ashes, given the musical climate and burn marks the genre often subjected itself to. Keyboardist Scott Kinsey was a vital member along with guitar god Scott Henderson and other group members lending their wares here. With an all-star cast, Kinsey embarks upon a Weather Report-induced stylization, used as vehicle to strut his multilayered keys and textural soloing endeavors. Topped off with world-beat grooves, darting synth lines and faint vocal treatments, Kinsey steers the flow with a Joe Zawinul-like sound and methodology.

The percussionists enact jungle sounds in alliance with the drummers' staggered or peppery off-beats. Comprising a few boogaloo shuffles amid saxophonist Steve Tavaglione's emphatic jazz-drenched choruses, Kinsey's often exotic synth patterns maintain a sense of wonderment. In essence, he morphs power, solitude and a sequence of terse chord clusters to intimate fluidity in motion atop a buoyant, jazz-fusion/world-music flow of events. On the flip side, many of these pieces seem transient, largely due to melodies or thematic movements that simply don't stick. Kinsey compensates by allowing the soloists ample breathing room, where mini-motifs generally blossom into sinuous opuses, evidenced on the odd-metered and perky, jazz piece titled "Quartet." Otherwise, there are some sweetly orchestrated ambient interludes to offset the more penetrating segments, where entertainment and cerebral motivations attain a happy medium.
Glenn Astarita , JazzReview


This eclectic set of jazz fusion from the keyboard player Scott Kinsey and his extensive list of sidemen conjures the late-1960s, early-'70s era of Miles Davis's extended jazz-rock-funk improvisations as well as elements of Weather Report. The cohesive interplay on cuts like the title track and 'Big Rock' makes for a focused, unique-sounding effort that, while influenced by the aforementioned artists, has a distinctive, supple intelligence.
Muze


muzycy:
Scott Kinsey: melodica, piano, keyboards, vocoder
Michael Landau: guitar
Scott Henderson: guitar
Steve Tavaglione: alto flute, bass clarinet, saxophone, EWI
Gary Willis: electric bass
Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
Arto Tuncboyaciyan: vocals, percussion
Jinshi Ozaki: acoustic guitar
Tim Hagans: trumpet
Walt Fowler: trumpet
Robert Leslie Hurst III: acoustic bass
Abraham Laboriel: electric bass
Ronald Bruner Jr.: drums
Kirk Covington: drums
Cyril Atef: drums
Alex Acuna: percussion

utwory:
1. Kinesthetics
2. This Is That
3. Sometimes I...
4. Combat Zone, The
5. Quartet
6. Wishing Tree
7. Big Rock
8. Uncle Pat's Gypsy Van
9. Under Radar Intro
10. Under Radar
11. Shinjuku
12. One For Jinshi

wydano: 2007
more info: www.intuition-music.com
more info2: www.scottkinsey.com