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Eremita
Hi,
I already have Mike Stern’s new album in my hands. Listening to it is a marvelous journey that ends in the agreement with all my colleagues; this is a 5 stars album that you must hear. Surfing the net you can find some really good reviews about the wonders of this album. Since it's not the theme of this blog i wont review the album but i will review and talk a little about the bassists that play it. I will link you to some of the reviews that i think that are good. To be honest, I really don´t think I'm able to review a CD of this quality!
1. AJ2. Cameroon
3. Out Of The Blue
4. As Far As We Know
5. Blues For Al
6. OCD
7. You Never Told Me
8. Half Way Home
9. Light
10. Flipside
11. All Over The Place
Check the cover and the track list, and pay attention to the names of the songs. Now, let’s focus in the bass part of this album and in the bass players that perform each music.The first music is AJ. The name of this song is the initial letter of Anthony Jackson, the bass player that Stern invited to perform this music with him. He also plays the last music All Over The Place. Next one is performed by a Cameroon born bassist. He is Richard Bona, and plays beautiful bass lines. Personally, it's one of my favorite bassists in this album. His reggae musicality it's just amazing. One of the goods things of jazz is that you can "put" almost any other type of music "in" it. He plays in Cameroon and in Light. Light is one of my favorite musics. Simple grooves, complex results. Tom Kennedy plays Out Of The Blue. A beautiful music with a beautiful acoustic piano. Next bassist is Esperanza Spalding in the upright bass. She plays As Far As We Know, a very deep and dramatic song. The 3 songs that come next are all played by Dave Holland and Will Lee. They are Blues For Al, OCD and You Never Told Me. Next it´s my favorite music. It´s played by Victor Wooten and he does, as always, a godlike job. The riffs, the solo, and the riffs again. Everything is amazing. Finaly comes Flipside a music played by Victor Bailey.
In the end, we have here a very good album that anyone that likes jazz should buy. I will make a specific post for each bassist that we talked here today.
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Stay tuned,
Eremita
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