Thursday, November 10, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Laïka – Nebula
“Born in Paris of an Ivory Coast father and a Moroccan-Spanish mother, Laïka was raised mainly by women (her grandmother, mother, and aunt) in a Moroccan Jewish family. She leans towards her maternal Sephardic culture, open to different styles of music in the Mediterranean.” (MySpace) And as Malcom McLaren has sung: “Jazz is Paris, and Paris is jazz”, not quite surprisingly, Laïka got her inspiration from artists as Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Shirley Horn, Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln. She collaborated with Sixun, Julien Lourau, Steve Williams, Antoine Roney, Michael Bowie, David El Malek, Richard Galliano, Toot Thielemans, Robert Glasper, Gregory Hutchinson, Peter Martin, Daryl Hall, Vince Benedetti and Claude Bolling’s big band. Laïka has also taken to the stage of theaters in a different guise, quite seriously and played in Claude Lelouch’s film “Hasards ou Coïncidences”. Leader of her quintet, Laïka bring back to us some of the shining and the perfume of the classic jazz, this “Nebula” taste like a good old record from the 40s.
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reuben wilson - SET US FREE
Reuben Wilson joins a flurry of recent reissues catering to DJs, crate-diggers, and rare groove enthusiasts. But while most of Wilson’s catalogue is straightforward, funk-touched soul-jazz on the order of Jimmy Smith and Jack Mcduff, SET US FREE incorporates exotic percussion, sitar, and a full choir. Those seeking lean grooves may be surprised by the opulent sonic onslaught here, but fans of early `70s jazz fusion experiments (especially those that incorporate world music) will want to give this a spin.
01. Set Us Free
02. We’Re In Love
03. Sho-Nuff Mellow
04. Mr Big Stuff
05. Right On With This Mess
06. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
07. Tom’s Thumb
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