Another Feeling DCD 012
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All compositions by Thiago de Mello (Gau Publishing-BMI) except "No Wolf at the Door" by Dexter Payne and Thiago de Mello (Clean Slate Music/Gau Publishing-BMI) and Urumutum/Swing Low (public domain, arranged by Thiago de Mello). Dexter, Thiago, Ithamara and JSR were all finalists in the
2006 Downbeat Readers Poll.
"ANOTHER FEELING is an exceptional album... world-class performance and composition!
This album belongs in every music lovers collection. " Richard 'Dick' Whetstone, Denver, CO
'DeSouteiro describes [Luiz]
Bonfá as this album's "spiritual godfather"; it was the
legendary Bonfá who introduced DeSouteiro to veteran
percussionist/composer/guitarist/pianist de Mello back in the 1980s. "I
became very impressed by all of Thiago's qualities as a writer,
arranger, bandleader and multi-instrumentalist," recalls the Rio de
janeiro-based DeSouteiro, who first worked with de Mello when the
master musician played percussion on Bonfá's The
Bonfá Magic (which DeSouteiro produced) in 1991. De Mello
and DeSouteiro went on to work together extensively, and Another
Feeling is their most recent collaboration. DeSouteiro has seen de
Mello perform in a variety of settings sometimes with his large Amazon
ensemble, sometimes with smaller groups but for Another Feeling,
he envisioned something de Mello had never done before: a Brazilian
jazz album excluding both bass and regular drums. On this intimate,
accessible, highly melodic effort, the basic format consists of
Brazilian percussion, clarinet or alto sax (which are provided by the
swinging yet delightfully lyrical Payne) and acoustic piano. Another
Feeling is mostly instrumental, although singer Ithamara Koorax,
DeSouteiro's wife since 1990 and a major vocal star in Brazil, is
featured on four selections...
... De Mello suggested that
instead of using only one pianist, they would employ different pianists
at different times and the project's acoustic pianists range from two
Americans (Richard Kimball and Cliff Korman) to two Brazilians (Haroldo
Mauro Jr, and Helio Alves)...
With its combination of Brazilian
and American participants, Another Feeling exemplifies what Payne
describes as "cross-cultural collaboration." The union of Brazilian and
American musicians has yielded excellent results in the past, ranging
from guitarist Laurindo Almeida and alto saxophonist Bud Shank's
groundbreaking Braziliance sessions of 1953 and 1958 to Stan Getz'
bossa nova encounters with Jobim, Bonfá and the Gilbertos in the
early 1960s and Another Feeling demonstrates that positive things can
continue to happen when Brazilian and American players join forces.'
-from liner notes by Alex
Henderson,
Philadelphia-based journalist whose work has appeared in Billboard,
Spin, Jazz Times, Jazziz, the L.A.Weekly. CD Review, HITS, Black Radio
Exclusive (BRE), All About Jazz and numerous other well known
publications over the years. Since 1996, he has written thousands of
reviews for the All Music Guide's popular website and series of
reference books.
"II've been listening to Another Feeling. It really grows on you. I'm just terrifically impressed with the whole production. I think it is probably the recording of the year for me. I liked it from the start... But when I listened to it I was more and more taken with it, until finally I was listening to it every day. Right now, I think my favorite piece is the title piece, especially Korman's bluesy piano. But the whole record is deeply satisfying. I will probably have a new "favorite" piece next week.
I love that low register clarinet. But, as always, I'm especially pleased by the alto. It is great the way you can swing with such casual gentleness. That seems like a Brazilian thing, to me -- to be so relaxed and low-key, yet play with such intensity. I really enjoy the formation of those improvisations. But then, I've always enjoyed the way you tell musical stories.
Next week ... with Terry Conrad, I'm devoting most of the show to early Sonny Rollins, from the `50s into the late `60s. But I think I'll spend some time playing Another Feeling. I think the folks need to know more about this great record. Ithamara Koorax has a great voice, great style ...Thiago has a great spirit; you two [Thiago and Dexter] are well matched."
Jon Jackson, writer/commentator, Missoula, MT
(Hear Jon Jackson on kufm.org:"Jazz Sessions" 2-4pm the last Thurs of every month.)
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INSPIRATION
was included in the Recording
Academy Entry List for possible Grammy nomination as Best Contemporary
World Album.
"Fabulous CD... You guys are really doing some sweet stuff." – Mike Marshall
"...winning subtlety, fitting together like pieces of an intricate, intimate puzzle... the Brazilian whispers, and not just the carnival clamor." - Missoula Independent
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"Antonio
is
one of the formost examples of the huge talent which naturally flows
from the Brasilian musician. I was absolutely moved by his recording
with the American clarinetist Dexter Payne. The pieces on this CD
reflect his maturity as a composer and instrumentalist." - Sergio Assad
"Dexter
Payne, a clarinetist with beautiful sonority, fascinating fluency and -
for the general astonishment of those who still think that 'Americans
cannot swing playing Brasilian rhythms' - he proves otherwise with his
own incredible mischevious phrasing. To define him as a mixture of
Artie Shaw and Severino Araujo would be no exageration whatever...A work
of
the highest level... feats of three wise men, united by their passion
for the music." - Arnaldo DeSauteiro
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" Relaxing and
intellectual at the same time, 'Inspiration' might remind some American
ears of the classic Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd collaboration,
'Jazz Samba'." -Bret Saunders, Denver Post
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INSPIRATION tracks:
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1.
Coração
Latino (Latin Heart) |
3:25 |
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2. Nordestina No. 2 |
3:29 |
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3. Mais Uma
Vez
(Once More) K-Ximbinho,
L. Sousa (Peer International Corp BMI) |
3:07 |
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4. Rapsodia in Choro |
4:28 |
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5. Marte (Mars) |
2:39 |
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6. Obrigado Paulinho
da
Viola |
5:39 |
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7. Infinitivamente |
4:06 |
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8.
Radamés e
Pelé A.
C. Jobim (Corcovado Music BMI) |
4:28 |
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9. Canto dos
Passaros
(Song of the Birds) |
6:25 |
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10. Inspiration |
6:22 |
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11. Tema para
K-Ximbinho |
2:50 |
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All
compositions by Antonio Mello (Clean Slate Music BMI) except 3. & 8.
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Balkan brass band music - wild East European urban rhythms
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with Jesse Manno,
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KAMBENG (Unity/Peace)
by Boubacar
Dièbatè & Dialy Kounda
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"Kambeng
produces a powerful
and captivating
sound."
-Robert Oyugi UJAMA NEWS
Dexter has teamed up
with griot
from
Senegal, Boubacar Dièbatè, with other West African and
American musicians to form
the band
Dialy
Kounda. This CD also features Fara
Tolno
from
Guinea, and Freddy Zahui from Ivory
Coast.
Boubacar has come to the US from a traditional
Mandinka griot family, and his striking
vocals and riveting kora (West African harp) touch
listeners everywhere. This is a musical blend everyone can understand...
click here to read reviews
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Originally
released on Bantaba by Dancing Circle, Kambeng is hard to find but not
impossible.
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