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| Peggy's Blue Skylight |
| Andy Summers |
| első megjelenés éve: 2000 |
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| (2007)
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Kérjen
árajánlatot! |
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| 1. | Boogie Stop Shuffle
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| 2. | Tonight at Noon
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| 3. | Reincarnation of a Lovebird
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| 4. | Opus Three
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| 5. | Cumbia Jazz Fusion
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| 6. | Remember Rockefeller at Attica
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| 7. | Peggy's Blue Skylight
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| 8. | Weird Nightmare
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| 9. | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Where Can a Man Find Peace?
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| 10. | Free Cell Block F
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| 11. | Self Portrait in Three Colors
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| 12. | Myself When I Am Real
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| 13. | East Coastin' [*]
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| 14. | Fables of Faubus [*]
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| 15. | Noddin' Yer Head Blues [*]
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Jazz
Recorded at Fool For Love Studio, Venice Beach, California; Megatrax, Los Angeles, California; Right Track, New York, New York; Skywalker Ranch Studios, San Francisco, California in 2000
Andy Summers - Guitar, Mixing, Producer, Sitar (Electric)
Brian Kilgore - Percussion
Curtis Fowlkes - Trombone
Dave Carpenter - Bass
Debbie Harry - Vocals
Geetha R. Bennett - Tamboura, Veena, Vocals
Hank Dutt - Viola
Hank Roberts - Cello
Jennifer Culp - Cello
John Novello - Organ, Organ (Hammond)
Nick Ariondo - Accordion
Q-Tip - Vocals
Randy Brecker - Trumpet
Rob Thomas - Violin
Roy Nathanson - Sax (Alto)
Sy Johnson - Arranger
Steve Hall - Mastering
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Jennifer Culp (cello)
After successfully trying his hand at interpreting the compositions of Thelonious Monk with GREEN CHIMNEYS, ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers stretches his musical experimentation even further with PEGGY'S BLUE SKYLIGHT, a collection of Charles Mingus' works. Whereas Monk was quirky and introverted, Mingus was often brash and expansive. Summers, given his unusually creative musical background, does a grand job of interpreting these heady pieces in his own idiosyncratic fashion.
Right off the bat, Summers makes a bold reading of "Boogie Stop Shuffle" as a lazy reggae lope. Always having been one to create mesmerizing atmospheres out of which he forges creative slants on his musical subjects, Summers' esoteric settings for "Reincarnation Of a Lovebird," "Goodbye Porkpie Hat/Where Can a Man Find Peace?" and "Myself When I Am Real" are ample proof of the guitarist's inspiration. Other more conventional readings in this rich experiment include "Cumbia Jazz Fusion," with its deep samba groove, and Deborah Harry's sultry version of "Weird Nightmare."
In a similar vein as his 1999 release Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk, guitarist Summers now offers tribute to jazz pioneer Charles Mingus. The collection is a little cobbled together, with an ill-conceived rap from Q-Tip over "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and a sparse, unfunky reading of "Cumbia Jazz Fusion," but the former Policeman's bright guitar work works hard at tying it all together. Making more admirable guest spots are Randy Brecker bringing his crossover jazz trumpet to "Boogie Stop Shuffle," Deborah Harry singing on "Weird Nightmare," and the genre-bending Kronos Quartet performing a string arrangement of the final track "Myself." While at times overproduced and slick, Summers must be commended for approaching Mingus' daunting music head on and adapting it as his own. [Rare's 2007 reissue included three bonus tracks.]
---Zac Johnson, All Music Guide
Andy Summers
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 31, 1942 in Lancashire, England
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Contemporary Instrumental, Contemporary Jazz
While Andy Summers is best known as the guitarist of the Police, he has since forged a successful and acclaimed solo career with new age-influenced contemporary instrumental music that, like his work with Sting and company, draws on his love for jazz and his fascination with creating instrumental textures. Born Andrew James Somers in Poulton-Fylde, Lancashire, England, on December 31, 1942, the young Somers (who later changed his surname to the more easily spelled Summers) moved to Bournemouth as a child and, upon taking up the guitar at 14, immersed himself in the local jazz scene. By 16, he was playing in local clubs and coffeehouses, where he was noticed by Zoot Money. Somers was invited to join Money's Big Roll Band, with whom he appeared on the live album The All Happening Zoot Money's Big Roll Band at Klook's Kleek. Money eventually changed the band into a psychedelic outfit called Dantalian's Chariot, and when that project dissolved in early 1968, Somers briefly signed on with the Soft Machine before rejoining Money in a revamped Animals lineup for the LP Love Is. When that imploded in 1969, Somers studied classical guitar and composition at UCLA for four years, in the meantime giving guitar lessons, gigging with a local Latin-rock band, and acting with various theater troupes. Upon his return to England in 1973, Summers became something of a journeyman, touring in the backing bands of Neil Sedaka, Kevin Coyne, Kevin Ayers, and David Essex.
Summers met Sting and Stewart Copeland in 1977 while playing with a band called Strontium 90. The two asked Summers to join their full-time project, the Police; together, the trio gradually developed a style centered around jazz- and reggae-influenced pop/rock, and Sting's strong bass lines allowed Summers to supply subtle sonic textures and colors on his guitar, and to experiment with various effects. Summers first stepped out on his own in 1982, teaming with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp on the jazz- and Eastern-tinged I Advance Masked. It was followed in 1984 with Bewitched, another SummersFripp collaboration, around the same time the Police officially disbanded.
Eager to establish himself in musical realms outside of rock & roll, Summers did a bit of movie soundtrack work (Down and Out in Beverly Hills, 2010, etc.) before returning to recording, this time on his own. His first solo effort, 1987's harmonically intricate yet pop-oriented XYZ, met with poor critical response. Its follow-up, 1988's Mysterious Barricades, was more successful, emphasizing Summers' textural sensibilities on its jazzy, new age-influenced compositions. A string of albums in this style followed through the '90s, notably The Golden Wire (1989), Charming Snakes (1991), World Gone Strange (1991), Invisible Thread (1993), and The Last Dance of Mr. X (1997). For 1998's Strings of Desire, he teamed with South American guitar virtuoso Victor Biglione; 1999's Green Chimneys: Music of Thelonious Monk found Summers working with a larger ensemble than usual for him, as well as his first collaboration with Sting since the Police (on a version of "'Round Midnight"). Following the success of his Monk-themed album, the guitarist put together an album of interpretations of compositions by Charles Mingus called Peggy's Blue Skylight, released in late 2000. Earth + Sky appeared four years later. Summers continued to record thereafter, releasing First You Build a Cloud in 2007. He also participated in the Police reunion tour that same year.
---Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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