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On a mission to update the jazz organ tradition, Soulive maintains a tight groove throughout Next. Their approach involves narrowing the creative options, then turning up the heat within the confined space they allow themselves. Where drummers in old-school jazz organ groups played freely around the backbeat, Soulive's Alan Evans never misses the two and four. His brother Neal Evans imposes similar restrictions on himself by staying with essentially the same timbre on organ -- a thin, steamy sound, with a crisp percussive bite -- while Eric Krasno cultivates a shallow blues/jazz tone on guitar. A bone-dry production highlights this constriction, where every note and snare hit crackles in high definition. The songwriting is limited as well to riff-driven tunes with minimal melodic content. That leaves performance as the wild card, and here Soulive doesn't fail. From the relaxed pace of "Nay Nay" to the sprint clip of the Headhunters-flavored "Whatever It Is," the band demonstrates an almost frightening command of nuance in its rhythmic interplay and antiseptic articulation. On instrumental tracks, as well as when backing raps on "Clap!" and "Bridge To Bama" or moaning bedroom vocals on " Don't Know," Soulive makes a strong case on Next for consideration as the hottest rhythm unit of the moment.
© Robert L. Doerschuk /TiVo
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Neal Evans, Composer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist - Kurt Rosenwinkel, Composer - Sam Kininger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Eric Krasno, Composer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist - Clarence Scarborough, Composer
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist - Nigel Evans, Composer
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Ani Difranco, ComposerLyricist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer - DAVE MATTHEWS, FeaturedArtist - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Alan Evans, Composer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Neal Evans, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Evans, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Black Thought, Composer, MainArtist - Eric Krasno, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tariq Trotter, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist - Sam Kinninger, Alto Saxophone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Deitch, Composer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Neal Evans, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Evans, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Krasno, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist - Sam Kininger, Alto Saxophone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Amel Larrieux, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Neal Evans, ComposerLyricist - Alan Evans, ComposerLyricist - Eric Krasno, ComposerLyricist - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Neal Evans, Composer - Alan Evans, Composer - Eric Krasno, Composer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist - Sam Kininger, Composer
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Alan Evans, Composer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Neal Evans, Composer - Alan Evans, Composer - Eric Krasno, Composer - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Mitchell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Eric Krasno, Composer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Zervos, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Brockman, Producer - Talib Kweli, FeaturedArtist - Dave Dar, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eli Wolf, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Soulive, Producer, MainArtist
Blue Note (R) is a registered trademark of Capitol Records, Inc. (C) 2002 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2001 Blue Note Records
Albumbeschreibung
On a mission to update the jazz organ tradition, Soulive maintains a tight groove throughout Next. Their approach involves narrowing the creative options, then turning up the heat within the confined space they allow themselves. Where drummers in old-school jazz organ groups played freely around the backbeat, Soulive's Alan Evans never misses the two and four. His brother Neal Evans imposes similar restrictions on himself by staying with essentially the same timbre on organ -- a thin, steamy sound, with a crisp percussive bite -- while Eric Krasno cultivates a shallow blues/jazz tone on guitar. A bone-dry production highlights this constriction, where every note and snare hit crackles in high definition. The songwriting is limited as well to riff-driven tunes with minimal melodic content. That leaves performance as the wild card, and here Soulive doesn't fail. From the relaxed pace of "Nay Nay" to the sprint clip of the Headhunters-flavored "Whatever It Is," the band demonstrates an almost frightening command of nuance in its rhythmic interplay and antiseptic articulation. On instrumental tracks, as well as when backing raps on "Clap!" and "Bridge To Bama" or moaning bedroom vocals on " Don't Know," Soulive makes a strong case on Next for consideration as the hottest rhythm unit of the moment.
© Robert L. Doerschuk /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:42
- Main artists: Soulive Amel Larrieux Black Thought Talib Kweli
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
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