Saturday, April 3, 2021
Greg Abate - Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron Disc 1, Disc 2
Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:06
Size: 109,4 MB
Art: Front
(5:17) 1. Sunshower
(6:09) 2. Cook's Bay
(7:54) 3. Golden Lotus
(7:19) 4. Innocence
(8:59) 5. Water Lily
(7:38) 6. Sonia Braga
(3:47) 7. Bud Like
Album: Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron Disc 2
Time: 40:44
Size: 94,9 MB
(6:14) 1. Lemuria
(4:52) 2. Concentric Circles
(8:28) 3. Rain
(5:25) 4. Voyage
(5:35) 5. Magic Dance
(4:32) 6. Song for Abdullah
(5:35) 7. And Then Again
Woonsocket native saxophonist Greg Abate is releasing a new album “Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron” on April 2, a tribute to the keyboard legend Barron. An inductee in the RI Music Hall of Fame, Abate has played and recorded with artists as diverse as Phil Woods, Richie Cole, Jerome Richardson, as well Kenny Barron. Abate was recently ranked #4 in the world on alto sax in the annual Downbeat Magazine Reader’s Poll. There’s a beautiful marriage happening with Greg Abate’s “Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron.” It’s the union between Abate’s multi-instrumental gift of bebop and Kenny Barron’s varied and sublime compositions. Abate and Barron, who, in addition to lending Abate his material, handles keys on this recording session, are soul mates occupying the same lovely musical space.
With Barron’s material and Abate’s fresh vision, the two-disc set, recorded over three days at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, is a revelation. Says Abate: “Kenny was kind enough to provide me with music for a range of his tunes, some more well-known than others. The only difficult part was choosing which ones to record.” Abate researched and reworked Barron’s music, inserting his own ideas when appropriate, enhancing his arrangements with multiple sax overdubs, and, when the original was so good, it made sense to leave well enough alone. The project was challenging, multi-dimensional, and immensely gratifying. “I even scored a big band sax section (two altos, two tenors and bari) on ‘Innocence’ and ‘Voyage.’ The other 12 tracks have either one horn, or two horns in harmony.”More...Ken Abrams https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/02/ri-jazz-great-greg-abate-to-release-magic-dance-the-music-of-kenny-barron-in-april/
With Barron’s material and Abate’s fresh vision, the two-disc set, recorded over three days at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, is a revelation. Says Abate: “Kenny was kind enough to provide me with music for a range of his tunes, some more well-known than others. The only difficult part was choosing which ones to record.” Abate researched and reworked Barron’s music, inserting his own ideas when appropriate, enhancing his arrangements with multiple sax overdubs, and, when the original was so good, it made sense to leave well enough alone. The project was challenging, multi-dimensional, and immensely gratifying. “I even scored a big band sax section (two altos, two tenors and bari) on ‘Innocence’ and ‘Voyage.’ The other 12 tracks have either one horn, or two horns in harmony.”More...Ken Abrams https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/02/ri-jazz-great-greg-abate-to-release-magic-dance-the-music-of-kenny-barron-in-april/
Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron Disc 1, Disc 2
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Very nice surprise. Thank you very much Giullia.
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DeleteAs always, great jazz from Greg. As always many thanks Giullia for posting.
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