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| 1. | A Brighter Day
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| 2. | Aftermath
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| 3. | Mackin
feat. DJ Spinna |
| 4. | Why
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| 5. | Mystic Voyage
feat. Roy Ayers |
| 6. | Breauxlude
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| 7. | London Lowdown
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| 8. | Two Worlds
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| 9. | Mambo Inn
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| 10. | Rio
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| 11. | New Delhi
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| 12. | Seeing Is Believing
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| 13. | 5/8 in Flow
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| 14. | A Brighter Day [Remix]
feat. Mos Def |
Jazz
Ronny Jordan - Drum Programming, Guitar, Midi Guitar, Producer
Andy Gonzalez - Bass (Upright)
Brian Mitchell - Organ (Hammond)
Bruce Flowers - Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Midi Synthesizer, Piano
Clarence Penn - Drums
Ian Martin - Bass (Acoustic)
Jeff "Tain" Watts - Drums
Jill Jones - Vocals
Joel Campbell - Keyboards, Midi Synthesizer, Producer
Marcus Persiani - Piano
Mos Def - Performer
Neil Clarke - Percussion
Onaje Allan Gumbs - Piano
Philip Hamilton - Voices
Poogie Bell - Drums
Roy Ayers - Vibraphone
Stefon Harris - Vibraphone
Stephanie McKay - Vocals
Steve Lewinson - Bass (Acoustic), Engineer, Producer
Steve Wilson - Flute
Todd Horton - Trumpet
Zachary Breaux - Guitar
* Brian Bacchus - Producer
* Bruce Lundvall - Executive Producer
* DJ Spinna - Producer, Remixing
* Jason Standard - Assistant Engineer
* Mackery "Mak" Pacius - Assistant Engineer
* Mario Marin - Engineer
* Pal Joey - Assistant Engineer
* Steve Hardy - Engineer
* Ticklah - Producer
As the reality of Y2K took hold, no doubt many artists went with forward-thinking album titles for their first efforts of the new millennium. But guitarist Ronny Jordan wasn't thinking of trendiness or even the calendar shift when he called his Blue Note debut A Brighter Day. His 1992 jazz/hip-hop-fused release The Antidote made him an instant star on London's burgeoning acid-jazz scene. Over the next few years and recordings, however, his pioneering success in this genre proved as much a curse as a blessing, as his sound got muddled through working with outside producers. The wide stylistic diversity on the self-produced A Brighter Day -- which takes him on excursions into Brazilian, Latin, straight-ahead, even Indian music, with only a few passing nods to his acidic roots -- makes for his most organic and honest effort to date. The title also celebrates his most effective electric guitar playing thus far. On the aptly titled "Two Worlds," Jordan spins a crisp, Wes Montgomery-styled melody over an increasingly aggressive bossa-minded percussion pattern, holding occasional but few bar conversations with the uppity, Latin-styled piano of Marcus Persiani. Jordan also goes the Brazilian route on "Rio," albeit with a subtler, more spiritual edge; his muted guitar dances over a sparse rhythm pattern, as haunting angelic vocals ease in and out. A gentle Indian flute harmony and a soaring female chant alternately wrap around his high-toned strings, all over the patter of Shivas Shankar's tablas on a spirited reworking of Victor Feldman's "New Delhi." When he's not exploring the world, Jordan reconnects with the jazz roots that predated his acid-jazz days. A longtime fan of Roy Ayers, he reworks the vibist's 25-year-old "Mystic Voyage" into a funky jam session, holding sparkling, improv, call-and-response exchanges between electric guitar and vibes; it's as if the fan is asking the master, "Am I doing all right?." Vibes also play a crucial role on "5/8 in Flow"; Stefon Harris bubbles over the oddly metered drum pattern of Jeff "Tain" Watts between tight guitar melodies that firmly display Jordan's Wes Montgomery and Grant Green influences. It's clear that Jordan is more at home with all this exploring, but he can't resist paying homage to the sounds that made him famous. His guitar gallops gleefully over a hefty B-3 harmony on "London Lowdown," and DJ Spinna creates cool scratches and otherworldly effects between gentle guitar lines on the hypnotic, retro-minded "Mackin'."
--- Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Ronny Jordan
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: Nov 29, 1962 in London, England
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Urban, Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Contemporary Jazz, Acid Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
One of the acid jazz movement's most prominent guitarists, London-born Ronny Jordan is widely credited with returning the instrument to its rightful place as a major force in modern-day jazz; despite outcries from purists, few other artists of his era proved more pivotal in knocking down the long-immutable boundaries of contemporary black music. The son of a preacher, Jordan's early musical history was rooted in gospel; his first public performances were with gospel groups, but the outbreak of Brit-funk during the early '80s led him to begin exploring other avenues of music, culminating in a fascination with jazz. A self-taught guitarist, his early influences included Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, and Grant Green, and when hip-hop began to take off, Jordan started exploring ways to fuse jazz and rap together. The first fruit of his endeavors was the single "After Hours," a primitive foray into what would eventually become known as acid jazz. Record companies initially wanted no part of Jordan's music, but when his distinctive cover of the Miles Davis classic "So What" became a hit, it was clear something was afoot. He soon released his debut LP, 1992's Antidote, but it was rapper Guru's breakthrough 1993 album, Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1, on which Jordan's guitar work was prominently featured, that made acid jazz a viable proposition. He subsequently issued such albums as 1993's Quiet Revolution, 1996's Light to Dark, and 2000's Brighter Day.
---Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide |
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