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[DSD][OF] Randy Weston - Blue Moses - 1972/2013 (Post Bop, Modal Music, Modern Creative, Big Band, Progressive Jazz, African Jazz, World Fusion)
Randy Weston / Blue Moses
Формат записи/Источник записи: [DSD][OF]
Наличие водяных знаков: Нет
Год издания/переиздания диска: 1972/2013
Жанр: Post Bop, Modal Music, Modern Creative, Big Band, Progressive Jazz, African Jazz, World Fusion
Издатель (лейбл): CTI
Продолжительность: 00:36:55
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: Только обложка альбомаТреклист:
1-Ifrane 5:16
2-Ganawa (Blue Moses) 12:31
3-Night In Medina 6:50
4-Marrakesh Blues 12:17Musicians:
Randy Weston, electric piano
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
John Frosk, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm, trumpet, flugelhorn
Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, trombone
Wayne Andre, trombone, baritone horn
Paul Faulise, bass trombone
James Buffington, Brooks Tillotson, French horn
Grover Washington, Jr., tenor saxophone
Hubert Laws, flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
Romeo Penque, clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn
George Marge, clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute, English horn
David Horowitz, synthesizer
Ron Carter, Vishnu Bill Wood, bass
Billy Cobham, drums
Phil Kraus, Airto Moreira, Azzedin Weston, percussion
Madame Meddah, vocals
Don Sebesky, arranger, conductorКонтейнер: DSF (*.dsf)
Тип рипа: tracks
Разрядность: 64(2,8 MHz/1 Bit)
Формат: DSD
Количество каналов: 2.0Доп. информация: Recorded: March–April 1972 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
CTI Records, a division of Creed Taylor, Inc. | King Record Co., Ltd. KICJ-2335 (2013)
2ch DSF DSD64/2.82MHz (1.45GB) | Source: e-onkyo | Originally 1972
Источник (релизер): wardrobemalfunction (PS³SACD) https://www.e-onkyo.com/music/album/kicj2335/
Лог DR
Об альбоме (сборнике)
Recorded in 1972, Blue Moses, the most commercially successful album in pianist/composer Randy Weston’s catalogue remains 1 of his most controversial due to his conflicted feelings about the final product, which he feels is too polished & too far from his original intent for the project. Indeed, appearing on Creed Taylor’s CTI imprint was an almost certain guarantee of polished production. Weston plays both acoustic & Rhodes piano here; he was backed by a band of CTI’s star-studded stable: trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, tenor saxophonist Grover Washington, flutists Hubert Laws & Romeo Penque, drummer Billy Cobham, alternate bassists Ron Carter & Bill Wood, & percussionists Phil Kraus, Airto Moreira, & Weston’s son Azzedin. This group was backed by a punchy Don Sebesky-arranged horn section. Blue Moses, consists of 4 compositions; it was an attempt by Weston to showcase the influence “Ganawa” music from Morocco had on him as a composer. “Ganawa (Blues Moses),” with its frenetic, minor-key piano lines, knotty, Middle Eastern-sounding charts, & skittering North African rhythms push the listener into a new space, 1 that stands outside of CTI’s usual frame in, & into, the exotic. The brass is aggressive, & while that might overshadow some recordings of lesser substance, Sebesky knew what he had in Weston’s tunes, & reigned his players in just enough to keep the dynamics fresh, open, & full of engaged call-&-response playing between Weston, Hubbard, & Laws. So too, album closer “Marrakesh Blues,” with wordless backing vocals by Madame Meddah, twinned trumpet & flute lines, gorgeous electric piano solos, & a deep, strolling bassline. It’s an Eastern modal blues with the sound of a horn section to boost its drama.”Night in the Medina” is a labyrinthine, more abstract piece, but utterly atmospheric & colourful in its arrangement, with exciting interplay between Weston’s enormous chords & Washington’s swinging, soulful saxophone & percussion instruments that create a lithe, spiritual jazz groove. No matter how Weston ultimately feels about Blue Moses, this date succeeds on all levels. Creating a commercially viable recording from the elements presented must not have been easy, but Taylor rose to the occasion & delivered a grooving beauty of an album without compromising Weston’s genius.
~ AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek