Steve Turre
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Artist: | Steve Turre |
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Release date: | 1996 |
Genre: | Jazz, Latin, Bop |
Tracks: | 8 |
Duration: | 01:06:28 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | In a Sentimental Mood | 8:26 |
2. | The Emperor | 12:47 |
3. | Let It Go | 8:01 |
4. | Ayer Lo Vi Llorar | 5:42 |
5. | Coastin' With Bobby | 8:42 |
6. | Steve's Blues | 6:38 |
7. | Inocencia (Basta de Clamares Inocencia) | 5:43 |
8. | Mongo 'n McCoy | 10:29 |
Details
[Edit]No wonder Steve Turre merely used his name as the title of this tour de force, for it is a supremely ambitious, self-defining project that covers an enormous amount of ground and means on one small disc. With his trombone and signature conch shells as a base, Turre expands his reach to embrace the Western Hemisphere — particularly Cuba and Brazil — arranging, composing, inviting stellar guests to chip in, and ending up with a beautiful, swinging record that can't be mistaken for anyone else's. One gets a powerful dose of Turre's unique sound world on the fascinating opening track, "In a Sentimental Mood," done bossa nova style with a conch shell solo that sounds like late-period Dizzy Gillespie and a smoky Cassandra Wilson vocal. There are ample layers of Turre's multi-tracked conch shell harmonies, the sweetest ensemble sound this side of Lombardo and one that is used as a genuinely musical ingredient, not a gimmick. Turre is secure enough to feature the majestic sound of J.J. Johnson, who plays magnificently on the lengthy tone poem "The Emperor" — whose title undoubtedly refers to the elder trombone giant — and on "Steve's Blues." Afro-Cuban music plays a major role here, as Mongo Santamaria's veteran chartmeister Marty Sheller arranges "Ayer Lo Vi Llorar" for the 81-year old Queen of Boleros, Graciela Perez — and then Mongo himself duels with the madly comping McCoy Tyner on, of course, "Mongo 'n' McCoy." The booklet notes (by Turre himself) are an exhaustive play-by-play of what was clearly an exhausting project, yet the final product has much of the exuberance of a spontaneous jam session. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi