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Filling the roles of central artist, composer, and director, Meshell Ndegeocello takes a left turn with Dance of the Infidel, a very loose affair that nonetheless flows with a natural grace. It is, for the most part, a jazz album, indicated by a shifting lineup that includes Jack DeJohnette, Oliver Lake, Don Byron, and Kenny Garrett, along with vocal turns from Cassandra Wilson, Lalah Hathaway, and Sabina Sciubba. The album is bound to challenge a good number of Ndegeocello's fans (particularly the ones with limited interest or familiarity with the form), but they needn't feel as if they're in over their heads. Little cracks in the bassist's past work have opened up to be fully explored -- it's hardly a 180, with her warm, bobbing bass adaptable to any context. And since the album is split almost evenly between sprawling 12-minute pieces and song-based material, it's liable to please both sides in some measure. Compared to Ndegeocello's past albums, Dance of the Infidel isn't as enveloping or moving (a couple spells are particularly dry, and many will miss not hearing the bassist's vocals), but it's full of bright colors, and not without its pleasures. As always, wondering where she'll take you next is part of the fun.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Joshua Roseman, FeaturedArtist - Chris Dave, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Don Byron, FeaturedArtist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - OLIVER LAKE, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Michael Cain, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
Didi Gutman, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - KENNY GARRETT, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - WALLACE RONEY, FeaturedArtist - Brandon Ross, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Mino Cinelu, FeaturedArtist - Gregoire Maret, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Meshell Ndegeocello, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew GArrison, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Lake, FeaturedArtist - Michael Cain, Recording Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
Didi Gutman, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Blake, FeaturedArtist - Sabina Sciubba, Author, FeaturedArtist - Dan Rieser, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Meshell Ndegeocello, Composer, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cain, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Emmanuel Rueffler, Author
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
KENNY GARRETT, FeaturedArtist - Federico Gonzales Pena, FeaturedArtist - Chris Dave, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Meshell Ndegeocello, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew GArrison, FeaturedArtist - Michael Cain, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
Neal Evans, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - KENNY GARRETT, FeaturedArtist - Chris Dave, FeaturedArtist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Cain, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Oran Coltrane, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
Cassandra Wilson, FeaturedArtist - Brandon Ross, FeaturedArtist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Interprète Instrumental, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew GArrison, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Lake, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cain, Recording Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
Pedro Martínez, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Jack DeJohnette, FeaturedArtist - WALLACE RONEY, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Ross, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Mino Cinelu, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Don Byron, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Gregoire Maret, FeaturedArtist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew GArrison, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - OLIVER LAKE, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Yosvany Terry, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cain, Recording Arranger, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
Lalah Hathaway, Recording Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Evans, FeaturedArtist - Walter Bullock, ComposerLyricist - Richard A. Whiting, Composer - Chris Dave, FeaturedArtist - Meshell Ndegeocello, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cain, Interprète Instrumental, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Decca Records France
Album review
Filling the roles of central artist, composer, and director, Meshell Ndegeocello takes a left turn with Dance of the Infidel, a very loose affair that nonetheless flows with a natural grace. It is, for the most part, a jazz album, indicated by a shifting lineup that includes Jack DeJohnette, Oliver Lake, Don Byron, and Kenny Garrett, along with vocal turns from Cassandra Wilson, Lalah Hathaway, and Sabina Sciubba. The album is bound to challenge a good number of Ndegeocello's fans (particularly the ones with limited interest or familiarity with the form), but they needn't feel as if they're in over their heads. Little cracks in the bassist's past work have opened up to be fully explored -- it's hardly a 180, with her warm, bobbing bass adaptable to any context. And since the album is split almost evenly between sprawling 12-minute pieces and song-based material, it's liable to please both sides in some measure. Compared to Ndegeocello's past albums, Dance of the Infidel isn't as enveloping or moving (a couple spells are particularly dry, and many will miss not hearing the bassist's vocals), but it's full of bright colors, and not without its pleasures. As always, wondering where she'll take you next is part of the fun.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:51
- Main artists: Meshell Ndegeocello
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Division Decca Records France
- Genre: Jazz
© 2005 Universal Music Jazz France ℗ 2005 Decca Records France
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