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This 1962 date by tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse celebrates a grander and funkier scale of what Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd did earlier in 1962 with the bossa nova. Unlike Getz, Rouse didn't feel he needed to be a purist about it, and welcomed all sorts of Afro-Caribbean variations into his music. His choice of bandmates reflects that: a three-piece percussion section with drummer Willie Bobo, conguero Carlos "Patato" Valdes, and Garvin Masseaux on chekere (a beaded percussion instrument that is played by being shaken). Add to this bassist Larry Gales, and a pair of guitarists, Kenny Burrell, and Chauncey Westbrook, along with Rouse, and it is an unusual and exotic sextet. Burrell and Masseaux were part of Ike Quebec's band on Soul Samba, but the two recordings couldn't be more different. For his part, Rouse's embrace of bossa nova, as well as other Latin and Caribbean music, is firmly rooted in jazz -- and not American jazz trying to be Brazilian. Rhythmically, Rouse, who is a hard bopper if there ever was one, takes the rhythmic and harmonic concepts of the samba, marries them to Afro-Caribbean folk styles, and burns it all through with the gloriously unapologetic swing of jazz. The standout selections here are a pair of Luiz Bonfá tunes, "Velhos Tempos," and his classic "Samba de Orfeu." On the former, both guitarists play unamplified guitars in rhythmic counterpoint as Rouse offers first the melody, and then an improvisation in the upper register of the horn, on the latter, nix the counterpoint and listen, as both guitarists shimmer through the changes, one playing just behind the beat for a reverb effect. The percussion interplay is startling in its complexity, but seamless and warm in its balance, resulting in a fine section solo in the middle of the cut that is infectious. Ultimately, this is one of Rouse's finest moments as a leader.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Charlie Rouse, MainArtist - Leighla Whipper, Composer
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Silvio Rodríguez, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Rouse, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Lincoln, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Valdes, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Masseaux, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Gales, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Alfred Lion, Producer - Luiz Bonfa, Composer - Charlie Rouse, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Maria, Composer - Luiz Bonfa, Composer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Rouse, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carlos Valdes, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - André Salvet, Composer - Garvin Masseaux, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Gales, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Alfred Lion, Producer - Charlie Rouse, MainArtist - Charles Rouse, ComposerLyricist - Margarita Benskina, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Rouse, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carlos Valdes, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Masseaux, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Gales, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Frantz Casseus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Alfred Lion, Producer - Charlie Rouse, MainArtist - Lionel Belasco, ComposerLyricist - Leighla Whipper, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Charlie Rouse, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Blue Note Records
Album review
This 1962 date by tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse celebrates a grander and funkier scale of what Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd did earlier in 1962 with the bossa nova. Unlike Getz, Rouse didn't feel he needed to be a purist about it, and welcomed all sorts of Afro-Caribbean variations into his music. His choice of bandmates reflects that: a three-piece percussion section with drummer Willie Bobo, conguero Carlos "Patato" Valdes, and Garvin Masseaux on chekere (a beaded percussion instrument that is played by being shaken). Add to this bassist Larry Gales, and a pair of guitarists, Kenny Burrell, and Chauncey Westbrook, along with Rouse, and it is an unusual and exotic sextet. Burrell and Masseaux were part of Ike Quebec's band on Soul Samba, but the two recordings couldn't be more different. For his part, Rouse's embrace of bossa nova, as well as other Latin and Caribbean music, is firmly rooted in jazz -- and not American jazz trying to be Brazilian. Rhythmically, Rouse, who is a hard bopper if there ever was one, takes the rhythmic and harmonic concepts of the samba, marries them to Afro-Caribbean folk styles, and burns it all through with the gloriously unapologetic swing of jazz. The standout selections here are a pair of Luiz Bonfá tunes, "Velhos Tempos," and his classic "Samba de Orfeu." On the former, both guitarists play unamplified guitars in rhythmic counterpoint as Rouse offers first the melody, and then an improvisation in the upper register of the horn, on the latter, nix the counterpoint and listen, as both guitarists shimmer through the changes, one playing just behind the beat for a reverb effect. The percussion interplay is startling in its complexity, but seamless and warm in its balance, resulting in a fine section solo in the middle of the cut that is infectious. Ultimately, this is one of Rouse's finest moments as a leader.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:20
- Main artists: Charlie Rouse
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
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