Music
Conceptual and abstract as David Byrne can often be, he’s one art schooler who isn’t afraid to get down.
There were moments during Van Morrison’s 22-song concert Tuesday when he was whipping the band into a frenzy — shouting out song selections before the final notes of the previous tune had fully rung out.
“I went back and listened to the records and watched videos of performances. I got into character for this,” Glenn Hughes confesses.
The group’s songs range from the cynical to the sweet without losing their sincerity, and that may be Dawes’ most defining trait as it shifts its musical focal point.
It is this ability to ground their sophistication that makes the Macuco Quintet a band worthy of affection as well as admiration.
“What is new since the ’70s is a much broader ideological shift in the business world itself, and the way in which it came to approach the jazz world as a result.”
With this album, Luciana Souza has created her own indelible “book” of songs that ache and celebrate, muse and regret, dream and mourn.
This fascinating documentary should be compelling to guitarists and to jazz fans in general.
Newvelle Records’ taste seems to be flawless.
Remembrance: Randy Weston — A Powerful Musician and Teacher
For the most part, Randy Weston reached behind the boppers, drawing for inspiration on a solo stride tradition which he adapted to his own needs.
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