Nicotina es Primavera

Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Nov 16 13:07:50 по местному времени:

Нello All!


Дебютный диск аргентинской РИО/авангард-джаз-группы "Никотиновая Весна".
Ну, как "дебютный"? - Все участники группы - это опытные участники местной джазовой сцены, а некоторые к тому же играли вместе в другой джаз-группе.
Труба, скрипка, флейта, вибрафон итд создают густой, чистый, но, иной раз, слишком уж экстремально нойзовый звук. К счастью, их увлечение фри-джазом не слишком продолжительно.
На диске всего 3 композиции, из которых одна - с/т аж на 38 минут. Рассуждать на тему того, что в неё включено - бесполезно, это - работа для профессиональных критиков, я могу лишь сказать, что, если выкинуть вторую, авангардную, часть, то в целом ИМХО композиция бы много не потеряла...
Рекомендую, особенно любителям жанра! Остальным - относиться с осторожностью.

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(c) Nicotina Es Primavera biography, PA
This is a side project of Camilo Angeles, flutist of the RIO band SALES DE BANO. Born in Peru but graduated in Buenos Aires at the Manuel De Falla conservatory. This band features several elements from SALES DE BANO.

The lineup comprehends Juan Olivera (Trumpet), Violeta Garcia (cello), Camilo Angeles (flute), Pía Нernandez (piano), Carlos Quebrada (bass), Nicolas del Aguila (drums) and Fermin Merlo (vibraphone).

The project was started in 2013 and is a mixture of jazz, experimental rock and contemporary classic as can be expected from a RIO band. The album alternates melodies and dissonances with complex musical passages in a sort of minimalist jazz.
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(c) Review by octopus-4, PA

A great album made by skillfull musicians with a lot of jazz and a touch of Canterbury. Well, probably the band would disagree, but the moment when bass and drums set that strange signature on the first track "Нumor Нumano" reminds me the GonG of "Flute Salad". Surely having a flutist as frontman has its influence. In any case, when an unusual signature is transformed in an even more unusual one by doubling the speed of its second half it's symptom of musical genius.

Then it comes a 37 minutes suite in 3 parts. Of course it's jazzy with many improvised parts tied together by segments which at least to me appear to be carefully planned, some chaos here and there but never noisy (I'm not a fan of noise), and the third part of the suite is stupendous.

The closer, too, is very well constructed. I have the impression that even if improvised, there's a sort of strong agreement about how the track has to progress, like water in a river: there are splashes and random movements, but in the end all the water flows in the same direction.

I have liked SALES DE BANO, but this new project of the flutist Camilo ANGELES has something more. It's hard calling this "a debut album" because of the big skill and experience of the band members. This is a mature album from a bunch of excellent instrumentist lead by a great jazz composer. Not yet an absolute masterpiece but very close.
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Инджой!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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