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| Velvet Gentlemen |
| Dan Willis |
| első megjelenés éve: 2006 |
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| (2006)
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| 3.821 Ft
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| 1. | Many Worlds Theory
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| 2. | Nothing Is Real
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| 3. | Place of Enlightenment
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| 4. | Door to Yesterday
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| 5. | Velvet Gentlemen
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| 6. | Closed Loops in Time
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| 7. | I'm Not the Reverend
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| 8. | Uncertainty Relation
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| 9. | 3: 10 Local
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| 10. | Gentle Soul
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| 11. | Grandparent Paradox
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Jazz
Dan Willis, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, oboe, English horn, duduk, sinai, suona, zura, piccolo, bass clarinet, samba whistle
Chuck MacKinnon, trumpet, flugelhorn, EFX
Pete McCann, electric guitar
Kermit Driscoll, electric bass
Stephan Crump, bass, electric bass
Ron Oswanski, Fender Rhodes piano, accordion
John Hollenbeck, drums, percussion
Cross-inspired by the music of Erik Satie and the precision-randomness paradox of quantum physics and infused with creative improvised music, jazz, and psychedelic '70s and '80s rock, Velvet Gentlemen is an "earful" experience.
* Brian J. McKenna - Executive Producer
* Erik Satie - Author
* Frank Tafuri - Executive Producer
* Frau Kranift - Layout Design
* Michael McKenna - Layout Design
* Sharon Gunderson - Photography
* Todd Whitelock - Engineer, Mastering
For his third disc as a leader, Dan Willis offers a stunning array of originals while playing numerous different instruments, sometimes on the same song. With a potent supporting cast of musicians, including drummer John Hollenbeck, guitarist Pete McCann, keyboardist Ron Oswanski and trumpeter/flugelhornist Chuck MacKinnon, Willis leads his band through his inspired compositions, which the leader says were influenced in part by French composer Erik Satie. Yet each work is a musical adventure with many different influences; for example, "Place of Enlightenment" has a droning accordion, blistering rock guitar and an overdubbed reed section that swells as the piece reaches its climax. "Door to Yesterday" is a more accessible ballad with Willis leading the way on tenor, while the lush harmony of the introduction to "I'm Not the Reverend" is very moving. Willis' ominous "3:10 Local" would have anyone looking over his shoulder late at night, and "Gentle Soul" uses a combination of instruments heard infrequently in a jazz setting. With Velvet Gentlemen, Dan Willis has produced a powerful album that will easily stand the test of time.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Down Beat (p.64) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Willis is a horn master....He favors detailed, densely drawn constructions, and dubs himself into a woodwind ensemble, packing tunes with elaborate and minute passageways..."
JazzTimes (p.134) - "Far from bombastic or highbrow, the multi-reedist has created an album that sounds immediately accessible." |
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