Artist.......: Laurent Filipe
Album........: Ode To Chet, A Tribute To Chet Baker
Label........: Som Livre
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: SL 879-2
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jul-01-2006
str.date.....: Jun-00-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.laurentfilipe.com/
track title time
01. Ode To Chet 05:23
02. You Don't Know What Love Is 06:29
03. The Days Of Wine And Roses 03:33
04. The Touch Of Your Lips 05:24
05. Chet Baker 05:06
06. Everything Depends On You 04:36
07. But Not For Me 04:20
08. Everything Happens To Me 06:58
09. Let's Get Lost 03:36
10. My Funny Valentine 05:48
11. Down 04:58
Runtime 56:11 min
Size 74,1 MB
Release Notes:
About the musician :
Trumpeter, composerand producer, he has born in Sπo
Paulo, Brazil in 1962. Began playing and recording
professionally at age fifteen in Lisbon , Portugal.
Went to the USA at age eighteen to study music.
Graduated in Music Theory and Composition from the
University of Kansas (U.S.A.) in 1985 and received
a post-graduate diploma in Film-scoring from
Berklee College of Music in Boston (U.S.A.) in
1987.
Studied trumpet under professors Dr. Roger Stoner,
Greg Hopkins, and attended seminars with Wynton
Marsalis.
Performed as a leader of his own group and as a
sideman in different clubs and festivals in the
U.S, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Played and recorded sessions with musicians such
as: Jimmy Mosher, Aldo Romano, Tete Montoliu, Maceo
Parker and the legendary drummer Walter Perkins.
Received the "Art Farmer Performance Award" (U.S.A.
1984), as well as "Best Soloist 1990" award at the
International Jazz Festival of Guetxo (Spain),
where his group was also awarded the "Best Group
Award". He was also awarded the "Best Jazz Musician
of the Year 1996, Award" from the National
Portuguese Radio (RDP).
Was an active collaborator, both as composer and
instrumentalist in the "Cultural Olympiad of
Barcelona '92","Madrid Cultural Capital", "Lisbon
Cultural Capital '94" and with "World Expo' 98" and
"Porto2001 Cultural Capital".
Is the author of an extensive repertoire in the
fields of traditional and contemporary music, for
which he has been commissioned to write for groups
such as "The Opus Ensemble" and "Seixal Chamber
Group , as well as Jazz and Afro-Cuban music.
Has also written the soundtrack to the feature film
"Porto Santo", the multi-media show he created for
Expo 98 "Quadrophenia of Time", the operetta
"Sebastian the king-child", the large scale
production "Augaciar; a trip to the end of our
Millennium" and the musical "Women in Power".
Currently residing in Lisbon, Portugal, Laurent
works with the following groups, of which he is the
author: ôDuo Iberiaö (with Spanish pianist Pedro
Sarmiento), ôTrio Tribute to Chet Bakerö, ô L.F.
Quintetö, ôMingus and More, L. Filipe Sextetö, ô
Laurent Filipe Presents 100 Years of Gershwinö,
ôTribute to Louis Armstrongö, the multinational
collaboration ôNino Rota Jazz Projectö and the
ôSwing City Orchestraö, dedicated to the swing
music of the 30Æs and 40Æs.
Laurent maintains a regular activity as composer,
producer, lecturer, arranger and instrumentalist in
Portugal and abroad.
Him talking about this release :
I once had the opportunity of meeting Chet Baker.
He was a man of such few words that I have a hard
time recalling what we talked about. Increasingly
turned towards himself, it looked as though Chet
was listening to an inner sound.
As with most great artists, Chet's concern, and
therefore his art, was focused on conveying that
"inner sound" to the outside. Whether playing or
singing (the difference is the same), while giving
a voice to that "sound", Chet reinvented Jazz
standards, involving them with soft spoken
lyricism, suffering and beauty.
This drumless trio, similar in structure to Chet
Baker's latter projects performs some of Chet's
favorite standards along with some original
compositions by Laurent Filipe. Although intimate
in its language, the Trio surprises its audiences
with its rhythmic versatility as well as the
extended level of dynamics and dialogue it can
develop. The music performed is a heartfelt tribute
to the musical spirit of "Jazz Giant" Chet Baker.
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