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| Perpetually Hip |
| Mimi Fox |
első megjelenés éve: 2005
85 perc |
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2 x CD |
| 4.060 Ft
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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Perpetually Hip
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| 2. | The Song Is You
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| 3. | But Beautiful
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| 4. | Saluting the Groove
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| 5. | Night and Day
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| 6. | While Bangkok Sleeps
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| 7. | So Many Stars
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Caravan
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| 2. | Polkadots and Moonbeams
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| 3. | On Green Dolphin Street
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| 4. | Alone Together
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| 5. | Someone to Watch Over Me / Skylark
Medley
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| 6. | When the Saints Go Marching In
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Jazz / Mainstream Jazz; Standards; Swing
Recorded: Aug 24-25, 2005
Disc 1: Band - 47:15 min.
Disc 2: Solo - 37:19 min.
With her seventh release as a leader, the ambitious two-CD set Perpetually Hip, Mimi Fox once again displays the masterful command of the fretboard that has led to her being named a "Rising Star" in three consecutive Down Beat International Critics Polls (2003, 2004, 2005). She was also profiled in that magazine's special feature, "66 Hot 6-Stringers: Down Beat's Look at the Guitarists Making Today's Scene," which presented "66 guitarists in the worlds of jazz, blues and beyond whose work is innovating, invigorating and perpetuating the guitar tradition."
On her eagerly-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed She's The Woman, her debut on Steve Vai's Favored Nations Cool label, Fox distinguishes herself in both group and solo settings. "I wanted to do something a little different and showcase the two sides that I have -- the group stuff where we play my compositions and the solo thing where I interpret standards," says the Bay Area-based guitarist. "So I broached the subject of a double CD with Steve and he was really supportive of the idea from the very beginning. I'm just lucky to be on a label where the CEO is not only a musician but a guitar player himself. It makes all the difference in the world."
Accompanied by a stellar cast of New York players in pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Harvie S and drummer Billy Hart, Mimi displays her warm, clean tone in a variety of moods on the Band disc, ranging from urgent bop-fueled romps and earthy blues to gorgeous ballads, alluring bossas and sensuous sambas, while also showcasing her own originals. In the more intimate and revealing Solo disc, she takes great liberties in interpreting some well known jazz standards while also preserving the melodic integrity of these timeless gems from the great American songbook such as George Gershwin's "Someone To Watch Over Me" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark". Throughout Perpetually Hip, Fox offers a fresh take on the jazz guitar tradition while also paying respect to her biggest six-string influences - Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery and Grant Green.
A seasoned player who has performed with fellow guitarists Charlie Byrd and Charlie Hunter as well as with Grammy award winning saxophonist David Sanchez, saxophonist Don Lanphere, Manhattan Transfer's Janis Siegel, Hammond B3 organ virtuosos Barbara Dennerlien and Dr. Lonnie Smith and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, Fox has shared the bill with a wide array of artists including Diana Krall, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Burrell and John Sebastian. She has also appeared as guest soloist with several orchestras, including Orchestra Sonoma, performing her original scores, and has composed music for theater and film as well as appearing on numerous television shows such as BET on Jazz.
Mimi maintains a whirlwind touring schedule, playing major jazz clubs and festivals from New York to Tokyo, including tours of the Caribbean, Japan, Thailand, and Australia. She has performed at The Village Gate in New York City; Blues Alley in Washington, D.C.; Jazz Alley in Seattle; and Yoshi's, the Great American Music Hall, and Kimball's East in the San Francisco area. She is a favorite at jazz and music festivals such as the Jazz on the Water Festival, The Guinness Cork Ireland Jazz Festival, the Britt Festival, the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, The San Francisco & San Jose Jazz Festivals, The Perth International Jazz Festival, Bumbershoot, Port Townsend, and Monterey Jazz Festivals. Phil Elwood, dean of the San Francisco music critics, singled her out: "Outstanding performer. From the galaxy of stars at the JazzFest, guitarist Mimi Fox came across as the brightest."
Mimi received glowing accolades for two previous releases. In its 4-star review, Down Beat said She's The Woman was "everything guitar jazz is supposed to be," while Guitar Player cited Mimi as "a prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms, but has managed to reinvigorate them." In Cadence magazine, writer Jim Josselyn said of 2001's Standards, "This may be the finest solo jazz guitar playing I have ever heard." Her prior release, 1999's Kicks (with Hammond B-3 monster Joey DeFrancesco and featuring guitarist Charlie Hunter and Yellowjackets bandmates Russell Ferrante on piano and Will Kennedy on drums) quickly rose to fifth place on jazz radio charts and number 20 on Billboard jazz charts. Allaboutjazz.com awarded Kicks four stars out of four in its rave review, stating, "This is a strongly melodic collection, and one that swings out stylishly...Mimi Fox is a major talent...strongly recommended."
Born in New York City, Mimi started playing drums at nine, and then guitar when she was ten. She was inspired by the wide variety of music enjoyed by her family - show tunes, classical, Dixieland, Motown - and her own youthful inclination toward pop, folk, and R&B. When she was fourteen, she bought her first jazz album "because it was on sale." The one she chose had no guitarist, but she was "blown away" by it. That album, John Coltrane's classic "Giant Steps", changed the course of her musical life. She began touring right out of high school and eventually moved to San Francisco in 1979, where she became a sought-after musician. She is Chair of the Guitar Department at the innovative Jazz school in Berkeley, California and adjunct professor at New York University. Mimi has appeared as guest clinician at the University of Southern California, Musician's Institute of Technology, CalArts, University of Connecticut, University of Oregon, the Britt Music Festival, and others. She has written a book on jazz guitar studies published by Mel Bay Publications and recently completed an interactive CD-ROM for True Fire Music entitled Jazz Anatomy.
Meanwhile, Mimi asserts her place among the jazz guitar elite with the release of Perpetually Hip, her most daring and fully realized project to date.
Disc 1: quartet with pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Harvie S and drummer Billy Hart
Disc 2: solo jazz guitar |
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