Musik / jazz

All rise : a joyful elegy for Fats Waller

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Summary: Acclaimed pianist Jason Moran releases this collaboration with the vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello that recasts the music of the legendary jazz entertainer Fats Waller as a modern dance party. The album, which was produced by Ndegeocello and Blue Note Records president Don Was, is the ninth in a formidable catalog that Moran has been building on Blue Note since 1999.

Emneord

Minder om

Covered

Robert Glasper

Still rising : the collection

Gregory Porter

Ritual

Fire! Orchestra

The epic

Kamasi Washington

The beauty of sadness

Sinne Eeg

Face the music

Sinne Eeg

Blue boat

Steen Vig

Dark nights

Avishai Cohen (f. 1978)

Vanished gardens

Charles Lloyd

Everything sacred

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan

Anmeldelser (2)

AllMusic

2014

Steve Leggett

2014

"This set manages to be reverent to Waller's original recordings, but since facsimile was never the goal, it also manages to create a completely new veneer for them, and the end result is a marvelous tribute that still retains its own shape and coherency".
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All about jazz

d. 3. okt. 2014

Mark F. Turner

d. 3. okt. 2014

"Moran proves once again that jazz is a transformative art-form in his unique arrangement of Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz." The tune is almost unrecognizable yet gorgeously reshaped as saxophonist Steve Lehman adds a rousing solo to Moran's touching version. Regardless of the era in which created, music still has the ability to move listeners in varied ways whether to sing, dance, or simply listen in a new way".
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Informationer og udgaver

2014

Musik (cd)Jason MoranBlue Note Records