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構成数 |
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パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2018年05月25日 |
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規格品番 |
BFR001LP |
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SKU |
5060384613413 |
アルファ・ミスト、エズラ・コレクティヴ、シャバカ・ハッチングス、ヌビア・ガルシア、モーゼス・ボイドらとともに今世界中から熱い視線を集めるロンドン・ジャズ・シーンの立役者ヘンリー・ウーことカマール・ウィリアムスがデビュー・アルバム『The Return』をリリース!!
ユセフ・デイズとのユニット、ユセフ・カマールとして2016年にリリースしたアルバム『Black Focus』で披露した洗練されたエクスペリメンタルなフュージョン・サウンドをさらに進化させた本作。ロニー・リストン・スミスやロイ・エアーズといった70年代のクラシックなフュージョンからムーディーマンによる傑作ジャズ・ハウス『Black Mahogani II』にまで通じる風格を携えながら、ルーディーなダウンビートと共振するリズム・セクションに、プログレッシヴ~ファンキー~コズミックと様々なジャンルを軽々と横断しながらカットアップされるウーのシグネチャー・ファンク・サウンドはアルバム・タイトル通り切り拓いてきたサウンドへの原点回帰を象徴し、近年ロンドンにおいて盛り上がるムーヴメントを再定義するであろう傑作となった。
本アルバムは自身が新たに立ち上げたレーベル〈BlackFocus Records〉から5/25に世界同時発売となる。
パーソネル
Kamaal Williams - Keys
Pete Martin - Bass
MckNasty - Drums
Richard Samuels - Engineer
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:00:00
If somebody were to surreptitiously start playing Kamaal Williams' solo debut album, 2018's The Return, and then assert that it was a vintage "library music" LP of '70s instrumental jazz-funk (the kind of stock commercial recording intended to evince a popular sound of the era, recorded by studio musicians for general licensing to radio, film and TV, only to be rediscovered decades later by hipster crate diggers and vinyl addicts), you'd have no reason to doubt the veracity of the claim. Except of course, The Return, while vintage in aesthetic, is anything but stock. On the contrary, the London-based Williams (a keyboardist who has also produced music under the name Henry Wu), has crafted a vibrantly fractured, psychedelia-dipped, groove reverie in which he and his bandmates, drummer Joshua McKenzie (aka McKnasty), bassist Pete Martin, and sound engineer Richard Samuels, dive headlong into a series of deeply organic jams. It's a jazz-funk dream that picks up where Williams left off with 2016's Black Focus, his similarly funky duo collaboration with drummer Yussef Dayes. Primarily, these are mood-setting sketches, full of rich keyboard harmonies and layered drum and bass interplay. Cuts like "Salaam," "High Roller," and "Rhythm Commission," showcase Williams and his band's knack for dropping bass- and keyboard-heavy hooks, rhythm section motifs that sound like the intros, or hot mid-sections to songs by such classic funk icons as George Duke, Herbie Hancock, and Eddie Henderson. Similarly, "Medina," with its wave-like 3/4 time signature and woozy organ backdrop, brings to mind classic late-'60s Impulse label jazz recordings. That said, one of the best aspects of The Return is how balanced the songs feel, weaving in bits of modern electronic dance and hip-hop flourishes as on the stuttering, breakbeat-infused "Catch the Loop" and the equally kinetic "Broken Theme." While The Return implies, and often delivers on, Williams' clear desire to recapture the plasmic spirit of vintage '70s jazz-funk, the album is less a return to past traditions, and more of a rebirth. ~ Matt Collar
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1.[LPレコード]
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1.Salaam
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2.Broken Theme
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3.The Return
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4.High Roller
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5.Situations (Live In Milan)
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6.Catch The Loop
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7.Rhythm Commission
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8.Medina
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9.LDN Shuffle ft. Mansur Brown
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10.Aisha
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