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░▀█████ Artist──: Dom Minasi █████▀▀░
▄█▀██▀ Title───: Quick Response ▀███▀█▄
█▓██▓ Label───: n/a ▀██▓█
▀█▄██▄▄ Genre─: Jazz ▄███▄█▀
░▀▀████ Source: CDDA ███▀▀░
▄███▀ Encoder: Lame + EAC ▀███
██▀ Quality-─: VBR kbps 44,1/ 80,6 MB 09 tracks ███
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▀█ Rip.date-: 19-11-2004 ██▀
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▓▒ 01. What Is This Thing Called Love 05:25 ▒▓
▓▒ 02. Feels Like Rain In China 09:58 ▒▓
▓▒ 03. For My Father 09:05 ▒▓
▓▒ 04. Quick Response 04:58 ▒▓
▓▒ 05. I Who Have Nothing 05:50 ▒▓
▓▒ 06. Into The Night 06:19 ▒▓
▓▒ 07. Dizzy Lizzie 05:44 ▒▓
▓▒ 08. When Your Dreams Come true 07:43 ▒▓
▓▒ 09. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 04:00 ▒▓
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█▓ CDM Records (USA) presents: ▓█
█▓ Dom Minasi - Quick Response ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Notes from cdbaby.com : ▓█
█▓ Dom Minasi's Quick Response is the latest effort by ▓█
█▓ the versatile virtuoso guitarist-composer-arranger ▓█
█▓ since his somewhat warmly welcomed (although at times ▓█
█▓ controversial) return to the jazz recording scene ▓█
█▓ five years ago, following a nearly twenty-five year ▓█
█▓ hiatus. On this newest disc, certainly the most ▓█
█▓ accessible of his recent releases, Minasi returns to ▓█
█▓ the organ group concept he began exploring back in ▓█
█▓ the eighties before he stopped performing publicly. ▓█
█▓ The new unit, featuring organist Kyle Koehler, alto ▓█
█▓ saxophonist Mark Whitecage, and drummer John ▓█
█▓ Bollinger, is as multitalented and flexible as the ▓█
█▓ leader himself, allowing the band to immerse itself ▓█
█▓ in the soulful organ jazz tradition, while at the ▓█
█▓ same time turning it on its side to create music that ▓█
█▓ is emotionally satisfying, intellectually stimulating ▓█
█▓ and insistently forward looking. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ The date kicks off with a raucous rendition of Cole ▓█
█▓ Porter's What Is Thing Called Love. Minasi admits to ▓█
█▓ deriving a certain amount of pleasure from performing ▓█
█▓ "overplayed" popular songs with an innovative ▓█
█▓ approach involving the reharmonization of the ▓█
█▓ standard chord changes. Here he utilizes the rhythmic ▓█
█▓ attack of Milestones to give the old song a new ▓█
█▓ feeling. The guitarist clearly reveals the powerful ▓█
█▓ influence of John Coltrane on his style with a ▓█
█▓ "sheets of sound" solo in which he squeezes more ▓█
█▓ notes together than seems physically possible with ▓█
█▓ Whitecage's frenzied Dolphy influenced alto serving ▓█
█▓ as a complementary alter ego while Koehler and ▓█
█▓ Bollinger offer solid rhythmic support. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Feels Like Rain In China is a modal Minasi original ▓█
█▓ written in the late seventies and recorded here for ▓█
█▓ the first time. Koehler is featured prominently, ▓█
█▓ contributing greatly to the music's exotic mood, ▓█
█▓ which is appropriate for the song's title. The ▓█
█▓ combination of Minasi's guitar with the young ▓█
█▓ keyboardist's Larry Young influenced organ sound is ▓█
█▓ at times eerily reminiscent of Miles Davis's In A ▓█
█▓ Silent Way. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Minasi's For My Father was composed by the guitarist ▓█
█▓ shortly after his dad died in 1976. The requiem is a ▓█
█▓ peaceful pensive piece with a familiar lyrical ▓█
█▓ quality that occasionally recalls 'Round Midnight and ▓█
█▓ As Time Goes By. Minasi's slow solemnly sensitive ▓█
█▓ solo beautifully expresses the song's melancholy mood ▓█
█▓ as does Whitecage's bittersweet alto sax and ▓█
█▓ Koehler's funereal organ. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ The title track, Quick Response, is a recent Minasi ▓█
█▓ composition written by the leader specifically for ▓█
█▓ this date. The guitarist's repetitive rhythmic ▓█
█▓ opening section quickly gives way to a bluesy melody ▓█
█▓ in which Whitecage reveals a heretofore-unheard ▓█
█▓ semblance to soulful altoists Lou Donaldson and Hank ▓█
█▓ Crawford. Minasi's solo is strictly 21st Century, ▓█
█▓ demonstrating his uniquely modern approach to ▓█
█▓ improvisation. Koehler's outing indicates he's been ▓█
█▓ influenced more than a bit Dr. Lonnie Smith. ▓█
█▓ Bollinger's fluid melodic drum breaks shows that he ▓█
█▓ too is a talent deserving greater recognition. ▓█
█▓ I Who Have Nothing is a beautiful song that has ▓█
█▓ eluded the jazz repertory up until now. Minasi ▓█
█▓ arranged the attractive melody for trio as a tribute ▓█
█▓ to Wes Montgomery -- employing aspects of the great ▓█
█▓ guitarist's signature style on a tune that he never ▓█
█▓ recorded in order to avoid the intimation of ▓█
█▓ imitation. This relaxed but impassioned ▓█
█▓ interpretation could easily become the most popular ▓█
█▓ piece of the date. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Into The Night is a Latin tinged straight ahead ▓█
█▓ swinger driven by Bollinger's fiery drumming. Minasi, ▓█
█▓ Koehler and Whitecage all solo, each beginning ▓█
█▓ somewhat conventionally before building in intensity ▓█
█▓ and taking it out. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Minasi has previously showed his fondness for the ▓█
█▓ compositions of Duke Ellington on his 2001 recording ▓█
█▓ Takin' The Duke Out. Here, with Dizzy Lizzie, he pays ▓█
█▓ homage to the great American composer by taking the ▓█
█▓ chords of Take The A Train and altering them to ▓█
█▓ create a new composition that swings into the future. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ When Your Dreams Come True is another old Minasi song ▓█
█▓ being recorded for the first time. The composer's ▓█
█▓ sensitive solo guitar introduction creates a romantic ▓█
█▓ atmosphere that Whitecage's alto explores on several ▓█
█▓ levels ranging from smooth to strident wailing over ▓█
█▓ Koehler's softly cushioned accompaniment. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ The date concludes as it started, with another ▓█
█▓ explosive envelope-pushing Minasi arrangement of an ▓█
█▓ "overplayed" standard. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise ▓█
█▓ has probably been played as many times on jazz jam ▓█
█▓ sessions as any other song, but it has never sounded ▓█
█▓ like this before, with Minasi stretching out with a ▓█
█▓ note bending labyrinthine expedition into sound and ▓█
█▓ rhythm joined by his equally adventurous colleagues. ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Just before Dom Minasi fled an increasingly ▓█
█▓ oppressive jazz scene nearly thirty years ago he was ▓█
█▓ beginning to be called a crossover artist. Shortly ▓█
█▓ after returning nearly twenty-five years later he was ▓█
█▓ labeled an avant gardist. If the guitarist has proven ▓█
█▓ anything with his newest releases, it is that labels ▓█
█▓ don't apply to a talent such as his. Dom Minasi is a ▓█
█▓ musician who has mastered his instrument and ▓█
█▓ approaches whatever music he is playing with artistic ▓█
█▓ integrity and respect for the great jazz tradition ▓█
█▓ from which he has learned that one has to be true to ▓█
█▓ his vision to make music of lasting value. Quick ▓█
█▓ Response is more than an enjoyable swinging record ▓█
█▓ date. It's Dom Minasi's answer to the question "What ▓█
█▓ is jazz and where is it headed?" And the answer is ▓█
█▓ "It's what he plays and it's headed wherever he takes ▓█
█▓ it." ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ More Information: ▓█
█▓ http://www.domminasi.com/ ▓█
█▓ http://cdbaby.com/cd/minasi4 ▓█
█▓ ▓█
█▓ Respect the artists. ▓█
█▓ If you like this CD, buy it. ▓█
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