Jeff Ballard / Fairgrounds
Формат записи/Источник записи: [TR24][OF]
Год издания/переиздания диска: 2019
Жанр: Contemporary Jazz, Groove, Fusion, Funky, West African
Издатель (лейбл): Edition Records
Продолжительность: 52:32
Контейнер: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks
Разрядность: 24/96
Количество каналов: 2.0
Источник (релизер): WEB
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: Только обложка альбома
Треклист:
01. Grounds Entrance
02. YEAH PETE!
03. The Man’s Gone
04. I Saw A Movie
05. Hit the Dirt
06. Twelv8
07. Marche Exotique
08. Grungy Brew
09. Miro
10. Soft Rock
11. Cherokee Rose
Released January 25, 2019
Состав
JEFF BALLARD drums, percussion
LIONEL LOUEKE guitar, vocals
KEVIN HAYS piano, keyboards, vocals
REID ANDERSON electronics
PETE RENDE piano, fender rhodes
Guest appearances:
CHRIS CHEEK tenor saxophone (track 5 and 11)
MARK TURNER tenor saxophone (track 6 and 8)
All About Jazz review by ROGER FARBEY (4/5)
The overture to Fairgrounds, "Grounds Entrance," involves an engaging percussive soundscape leading into "Yeah Pete!," which despite its exclamatory title is a laid-back feast of drums, electric piano and guitar on a similar wavelength to Miles Davis' In A Silent Way (Columbia, 1969). But "The Man's Gone" introduces a funky shift with irrepressibly upbeat wah-wah guitar from the redoubtable Lionel Loueke. At nearly three minutes into the song, Loueke's guitar goes nuclear for around half a minute, clearly signalling that he may well be the most intriguing guitarist currently playing in jazz.
Leader Jeff Ballard has been on the scene for years and is probably best known for his work with pianist Brad Mehldau. This is actually Ballard's second album as leader, the first being Time's Tale (Okeh, 2014) and Loueke appeared on that one too alongside alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon. Perhaps the unifying characteristic of Fairgrounds is, paradoxically, the disparate nature of each track. Every number is different, sometimes remarkably so. This is, to some degree, due to seven of the eleven tunes being collective compositions, often sounding spontaneously improvised.
There's some catchy rhythm and blues in the form of Kevin Hays' song "Hit The Dirt," on which his laid-back vocals are interspersed with Chris Cheek's lithe tenor soloing. Ballard's dissonant "Twelve8" offers a different direction yet again and demands instant replays to better absorb its complexity. The trance-like "Marche Exotique" is as exotic as its title suggests, subtly West African in feel. It's enhanced by Loueke's guitar and vocals. Reid Anderson's enticingly sedate "Miro" contains more tasteful guitar interjections and "Soft Rock" has a strangely spacey early-era Pink Floyd quality about it. Cheek's ballad "Cherokee Rose" is distinguished by a semblance of pulsating Native American drum beats combined with a wistful, memorable melody.
Лог проверки качества
foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2019-02-02 18:21:38
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Analyzed: Jeff Ballard / Fairgrounds
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR16 -0.16 dB -19.20 dB 2:56 01-Grounds Entrance
DR12 -0.12 dB -15.39 dB 5:45 02-YEAH PETE!
DR13 -0.12 dB -15.09 dB 3:56 03-The Man's Gone
DR14 -1.84 dB -20.91 dB 4:48 04-I Saw A Movie
DR10 -0.12 dB -12.76 dB 5:56 05-Hit the Dirt
DR11 -0.12 dB -13.00 dB 2:15 06-Twelv8
DR13 -0.12 dB -16.29 dB 5:19 07-Marche Exotique
DR13 -0.12 dB -15.73 dB 4:38 08-Grungy Brew
DR14 -1.28 dB -19.16 dB 7:41 09-Miro
DR16 -0.12 dB -19.75 dB 5:24 10-Soft Rock
DR11 -0.12 dB -12.88 dB 3:52 11-Cherokee Rose
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2680 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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