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| The Madman's Difference |
| Ben Thomas |
| első megjelenés éve: 2003 |
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| (2003)
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| 4.300 Ft
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| 1. | Melicatu
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| 2. | Once Sprung
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| 3. | G.J.'s Strut
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| 4. | Phone Tag
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| 5. | Two Sighs, a Reply
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| 6. | El Torpedo Negro
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| 7. | The Big Orange Concrete Snow Disk
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| 8. | Bolt
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| 9. | Kaethe's Dance
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Jazz
BEN THOMAS - vibes
JOVINO SANTOS NETO - piano, tracks 1-8
MARK PISZCZEK - soprano sax, tracks 2,3,5,8
DEREK LAYES - bass, tracks 1-3,5,6,8
JOSE MARTINEZ - drums, tracks 1-3,5,6,8
MIKE PETERSON - contraptions, track 4
Vibist Thomas plays in a spirited, breezy manner on "The Madman's Difference", a recording that features Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto in a duel attack to Thomas's nine compositions. It is an extremely well-played album that includes four quintet tracks with soprano sax to supplement the quartet. Thomas's music is about the rhythm that underlies the many intricate communications that transpire between Neto and him. The two set a pace that keeps flowing with constant sparkle. Thomas is lyrical and at the same time inventive with his multi-phonic tone. This well-executed album has many interesting facets to recommend it."
---Cadence Magazine.
The Madman's Difference is the first recording by Ben Thomas as a band leader for the Seattle-based Origin Arts Records, and it reflects the struggles of a young musician moving from method to meaning in his music. Thomas, who has completed graduate work in musical improvisation, fails to take advantage of the entire range of texture and emotion available to the jazz form, but nonetheless makes a strong showing with his informed sense of compositional structure and technique. In songs like Melicatu, the first track of the album, precise changes in rhythm and dynamics create a series of fresh backgrounds for alternating solos by expatriate Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto and Thomas. Most of the compositions share this calculating crispness: even though the instrumentation remains mostly the same, the songs vary in structure, dynamics, and feel enough to hold the listener in place. The only drawback with The Madman's Difference is that the dominance of vibes and soprano saxophone may take some getting used to: it's an uncommonly delicate sound that leaves the listener wanting to be moved more forcibly by the music. But even so, the album has enough nuance to offer some new improvisational or compositional virtue each time you put it on.
--- Nathan Thornburgh, All Music Guide
Ben Thomas
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Chamber Jazz, Latin Jazz, Neo-Bop, Modern Big Band
Vibraphonist Ben Thomas is a Seattle-based solo recording artist, as well as an artist/clinician for the Ludwig/Musser company (in addition to the vibraphone, Thomas is an established drummer and percussionist). After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan, Thomas received a grant for "music composition" from the Seattle Arts Commission. Thomas has issued the solo albums The Madman's Difference (1998) and The Mystagogue (2000), in addition to appearing on other artists recordings, including Stephen Rush's Murders in the Rue Morgue Chamber Opera, Jesse Stern Group's Blues for the Bear, and the Savoy Swing Band's Till Tom Special.
---Greg Prato, All Music Guide |
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