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Joe Lovano's third album featuring his Us Five quintet, 2013's Cross Culture, furthers the adventurous collective aesthetic the saxophonist developed on 2009's Folk Art and 2011's Bird Songs. Once again working with drummers Francisco Mela and Otis Brown III, pianist James Weidman, and bassist Esperanza Spalding, Lovano also employs bassist Peter Slavov on a few tracks here, as well as West African guitarist Lionel Loueke. The result is an album of exploratory jazz that is often more about group interplay on various musical themes rather than straightforward improvisation on melodic compositions -- though there is that, too. Tracks like the frenetic "In a Spin" and the sinewy, rambling "Journey Within" sound like Lovano and Loueke might have written them on the spot together and, though thoughtfully composed, evince a conversational, stream-of-consciousness approach. Elsewhere, cuts like the ruminative and languid "Journey Within" and the atmospheric, dreamlike "Golden Horn" move back and forth from group interplay to extended solo sections. The musical boundary-crossing title of the album takes on more significance on "Drum Chant," in which Mela, playing the West African balafon (a kind of wooden xylophone), and Brown build an insistent rhythmic palette over which Lovano and Loueke add their knotty, free-leaning improvisational lines. Interestingly, Lovano switches to the double-soprano "autochrome" for his solo on "In a Spin," creating a bright, almost atonal sound that jumps out at you halfway through the track. The autochrome's sound also acts as a kind of response to Loueke's harplike, synthesizer-esque guitar style. In fact, both Loueke and Spalding utilize a percussive style here that complements the two-drummer approach and allows Lovano, who has always leaned more on the rhymically slippery, harmonically advanced end of the spectrum, a large musical bed to spring from. Ultimately, that's what Cross Culture is all about.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Esperanza Spalding, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Loueke, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Slavov, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Loueke, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Slavov, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, Unknown, Other, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Loueke, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Slavov, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Duke Ellington, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Strayhorn, Composer - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Esperanza Spalding, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Loueke, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Percussion, Woodwinds, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Loueke, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Woodwinds, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Esperanza Spalding, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Slavov, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, Xylophone, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Slavov, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Esperanza Spalding, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Lovano, Composer, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Loueke, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES WEIDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Slavov, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Otis Brown III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Francisco Mela, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2012 Blue Note Records
Albumbeschreibung
Joe Lovano's third album featuring his Us Five quintet, 2013's Cross Culture, furthers the adventurous collective aesthetic the saxophonist developed on 2009's Folk Art and 2011's Bird Songs. Once again working with drummers Francisco Mela and Otis Brown III, pianist James Weidman, and bassist Esperanza Spalding, Lovano also employs bassist Peter Slavov on a few tracks here, as well as West African guitarist Lionel Loueke. The result is an album of exploratory jazz that is often more about group interplay on various musical themes rather than straightforward improvisation on melodic compositions -- though there is that, too. Tracks like the frenetic "In a Spin" and the sinewy, rambling "Journey Within" sound like Lovano and Loueke might have written them on the spot together and, though thoughtfully composed, evince a conversational, stream-of-consciousness approach. Elsewhere, cuts like the ruminative and languid "Journey Within" and the atmospheric, dreamlike "Golden Horn" move back and forth from group interplay to extended solo sections. The musical boundary-crossing title of the album takes on more significance on "Drum Chant," in which Mela, playing the West African balafon (a kind of wooden xylophone), and Brown build an insistent rhythmic palette over which Lovano and Loueke add their knotty, free-leaning improvisational lines. Interestingly, Lovano switches to the double-soprano "autochrome" for his solo on "In a Spin," creating a bright, almost atonal sound that jumps out at you halfway through the track. The autochrome's sound also acts as a kind of response to Loueke's harplike, synthesizer-esque guitar style. In fact, both Loueke and Spalding utilize a percussive style here that complements the two-drummer approach and allows Lovano, who has always leaned more on the rhymically slippery, harmonically advanced end of the spectrum, a large musical bed to spring from. Ultimately, that's what Cross Culture is all about.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:40
- Main artists: Joe Lovano
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2013 Blue Note Records ℗ 2013 Blue Note Records
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