Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Free and very good: Jazz by Special Quartet


When I was younger (yeah, I'm now at an age where I've used such formulations # musicmondayernsthaft completely, without even realizing it), I always looked after the "great art", it always had the best rock album of all time, the his best jazz album of all time, best classical album of all time. Underneath it was simply not in my claims. Disillusioned Accordingly, you then at some point: At some point, you know just his version of the best rock, jazz and classical albums, and you are on a search and decide for yourself that you have the "best album of all time" has long since found. Does that mean you can stop listening to new music, because you've already heard it all before and since has enabled music stand enhancement is not in the closet? Isteskuatsch of course, there's so much to discover, even if nothing is "unique" new or substantially connected. Sometimes the sound implementation of cherished traditions is more than enough., A 'little masterpiece', so to speak.
A good example of such a 'small masterpiece' is the debut album "Namouche" of Spanish Jazz Quartet Special Quartet. Without claiming the wheel (of jazz) reinvented to have to play the four musicians of the main cast Narciso González, Javier Alcantara, Pablo Romero  and Pepin Muñoz and their guests Alexis Cuadrado , Perico Sambeat and Hugo Alves a good, relaxed and inspired urban jazz with unmistakable bonds of the great jazz bands of the 1960s by John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Charles Mingus.
The ten compositions seem to quote sometimes one or two classical pieces (plugged in "concept" not a bit of Coltrane's "Naima" theme?), Do it, but the entertainment factor of the album does not stop, because "Namouche" (the name of the studio where the pictures were taken) is quite independent enough and also a good example of how high-class jazz does not necessarily need big names in the United States must come and must be included in the 1960's. Sure, all this new right is not what you'll hear there, but it's still a lot of fun. God knows I've heard a lot weaker, duller commercial jazz albums with big names. The contrast here is really good, entertaining and a hint of jazz friends and supporters. And if the boys should ever play in the area, I would not hesitate to look at me.

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