Ben Williams
Coming Of Age
Год издания: 2015
Жанр: Post-Bop, Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Издатель (лейбл): Concord Jazz
Продолжительность: 01:06:55
Наличие сканов: Sleeve, Digital Booklet
01. Black Villain Music (4:29)
02. Strength And Beauty (5:28)
03. Half Steppin’ (7:23)
04. Voice Of Freedom (For Mandela) (4:47)
05. Toy Soldiers (8:08)
06. Lost & Found (6:21)
07. Forecast (8:15)
08. The Color Of My Dreams (8:07)
09. Smells Like Teen Spirit (3:21)
10. Toy Soldiers (2:44)
11. Coming Of Age (7:53)
Контейнер: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks
Разрядность: 24bit / 88.2kHz
Количество каналов: 2.0
О релизе
Call it a generous fluency, an affable virtuosity. Call it a true band spirit. The best bands have all had something that can't be forced: A refined mastery of music and a willingness to converse through music. That's what you hear, above all, on bassist Ben Williams' sophomore recording, Coming of Age: The sound of a musician who's cultivated an authentic rapport with some of the best young players in New York City.
'We have these group texts that we send to each other all the time,” Williams says of his band, Sound Effect. “We're just as entertaining to each other off stage as on. If there were ever a reality show about jazz, we'd be good candidates for it!”
Coming of Age for the 30-year-old Williams means playing a lively role among his peers and a vital part in the music world at large. After winning the prestigious Monk Institute Competition in 2009, Williams got busy turning his youthful promise into real achievement. “My career as a bandleader and composer started from the moment I won,” he says. “I had this opportunity to say something—and an obligation, too.” In 2011 Williams delivered a debut album, State Of Art, to great critical acclaim and toured widely as a bandleader with Sound Effect. He became a sought after and beloved sideman, playing so many sets at one year's Winter Jazzfest that he rarely left the stage. Most impressively, he assumed a highly-coveted place in guitarist Pat Metheny's Unity Band. “Ben has a fearless and open-minded approach to what music can be,” Metheny has said. “A wonderful combination of skills.”
For all his strides in bandleading and performing, on the track Coming of Age Williams shows his greatest growth as a composer. 'Composing seems like a nebulous thing,' he says. 'But the ability to translate a feeling into actual music, takes a lot of doing it, a lot of practice. Which chord is going to invoke this feeling? What's the best key for this idea?' And Williams has some big ideas and feelings to convey, necessitating heavy skill in musical translation and storytelling. On 'Toy Soldiers,' for example, a martial rhythm and chantlike riff send a message about the sacrifices of war. He wrote the uplifting 'Strength And Beauty' on the day of the 2012 Newtown school shooting.
'The tragic news hit me hard, and this tune came to me as a way of feeling my way through the tragedy. The title was inspired later, when I saw how [jazz saxophonist] Jimmy Greene and his family responded to losing their daughter at Newtown. Their pain is something most of us can't even imagine, but the way Jimmy held it together and became a beacon of light and true strength was an inspiration to everyone.'
"... successfully translating the musical pulse of his era into jazz ..."
- The Washington Post
Ben Williams, bass, sound effects
Additional musicians:
Goapele, vocals (Voice of Freedom - for Mandela)
Christian Scott, trumpet
Stefon Harris, vibraphone
W. Ellington Felton, emcee
Recorded: April 17th -18th & September 9th 2014
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Динамический диапазон
foobar2000 1.2.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2015-05-15 19:41:49
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Analyzed: Ben Williams / Coming Of Age
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 0.00 dB -12.38 dB 4:29 ?-Black Villain Music
DR9 0.00 dB -11.91 dB 5:28 ?-Strength And Beauty
DR10 0.00 dB -13.60 dB 7:23 ?-Half Steppin’
DR11 0.00 dB -13.76 dB 4:47 ?-Voice Of Freedom (For Mandela)
DR9 0.00 dB -12.97 dB 8:08 ?-Toy Soldiers
DR13 -0.02 dB -15.31 dB 6:21 ?-Lost & Found
DR9 0.00 dB -11.64 dB 8:15 ?-Forecast
DR11 0.00 dB -15.02 dB 8:07 ?-The Color Of My Dreams
DR13 -0.56 dB -15.35 dB 3:21 ?-Smells Like Teen Spirit
DR12 0.00 dB -13.48 dB 2:44 ?-Toy Soldiers
DR9 0.00 dB -12.11 dB 7:53 ?-Coming Of Age
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2576 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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