Russell Gunn: Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2

Modern Jazz / Indie Jazz
premiera polska: 2004-01-19
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
opis:
Audio - ocena muzyka * * * *, realizacja * * * *:
Na trębacza Russella Gunna zwróciłem państwu uwagę przy okazji pierwszej części jego "Ethnomuzykologii" wydanej przez Warnera. Ostatnio zauważyli go członkowie amerykańskiej Akademii Muzycznej nominując go do nagrody Grammy w kategorii jazzu współczesnego. Gunn przegrał ostatecznie z "M3" Marcusa Millera, ale nominacja to też prestiż. Miałem okazję podziwiać trębacza na żywo podczas North Sea Jazz Festival i muszę przyznać, że na żywo jego muzyka robi jeszcze większe wrażenie.

Russell Gunn podchodzi do jazzu bez stylistycznych ograniczeń. Gra solówki w nowoorleańskim stylu, czerpie z rhythm and bluesa, zatrudnia didżeja. "Od hard bopu do hip-hopu i jeszcze dalej" - głosi reklama na płycie. Na estradzie daje czadu, że trudno ustać w miejscu, a siedząc słuchać go nie sposób. Ta muzyka pulsuje taką energią, że obojętnych wobec niej nie będzie. Zasługa to młodych muzyków z otwartymi głowami i niemałymi umiejętnościami. I pewnie dlatego na koncercie była tylko młodzież i ja. Po to, by wam przekazać nowinę świeżym podmuchu zza oceanu. Nadstawcie uszu i zaczerpnijcie powietrza.
autor: Marek Dusza

All Music Guide:
Trumpeter Russell Gunn moves to the Canadian indie label Justin Time for the second installment of his Ethnomusicology project, a hybrid of jazz and hip-hop. Like volume one (from 1999), volume two is hobbled by a certain conceptual stiffness and never quite hits its mark. Ultimately, volume one has more to recommend it. There's a paucity of original material this time around; too much time is spent on halfhearted funk arrangements of jazz classics: Monk's "Epistrophy" and Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing" and "Caravan." Gunn also reworks the Mike Flowers urban contemporary ballad "I Wish" and Lalo Schifrin's "Anita." (The latter is retitled "Del Rio"; it reappears as a hidden track well after the disc has played out.) There are only two full-length Gunn compositions: the mellow Brazilian-tinged minor blues "Dance of the Concubine" and the smooth jazzy "Lyne's Joint." Stellar playing is heard, however, not only from Gunn himself, but also tenor saxophonist Kebbi Williams, trombonist Andre Heyward, and pianist Marc Cary, who doubles capably on Fender Rhodes. Bassist Lonnie Plaxico and drummer Woody Williams lay down the rhythm, which is well-recorded and huge-sounding. In support roles are guitarist Carl Burnett and turntablist D.J. Apollo, with Sherman Irby making a particularly effective guest appearance on flute. Track number six, at one minute and 15 seconds in length, finds Kebbi Williams blowing over a furious drum'n'bass groove. Titled "Kebbi Williams Interlude," it seems intended as a brief bonus and not much more. Oddly, it's the best thing on the record by far, a clear indication of what this band can do when they let their hair down. Why there isn't more music like this on the album is a mystery.
by David R. Adler

muzycy:
Kahlil Kwame Bell: percussion
Carl Burnett: guitar (on tracks 02, 03, 04, 08 and 09)
Marc Cary: piano (on tracks 02, 03, 04, 05, 08 and 09)
D.J. Apollo: turntable (on tracks 01, 02, 03 and 08)
Gunn Fu: voice (on track 02)
Russell Gunn: fender rhodes (on track 10), flugelhorn, keyboard (on tracks 01, 08 and 09) and piano (on tracks 01 and 06)
Andre Heyward: trombone (on tracks 02, 03, 04, 05, 08 and 09)
Sherman Irby: alto saxophone (on track 05) and flute (on tracks 03 and 04)
Shedrick Mitchell: piano (on track 07)
Lonnie Plaxico: acoustic bass
Tony Suggs: keyboard (on tracks 01 and 09)
Kebbi Williams: tenor saxophone (on tracks 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08 and 09)
Woody Williams: drums

utwory:
01 Intro (a.k.a. I Think I Love You) 2:03
02 Epistrophy 6:31
03 Del Rio (a.k.a. Anita) 5:54
04 Dance Of The Concubine 8:19
05 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Go-Go Swing) 6:06
06 Kebbi Williams Interlude 1:15
07 I Wish 5:17
08 Caravan 8:28
09 Lyne's Joint 9:14
10 Outro 2:10

total time - 66:25
wydano: 09-2001
nagrano: 2001
more info: www.justin-time.com
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