Artist.......: Keith Tippett, Julie Tippetts, Louis Moholo-Moholo & Canto Generαl
Album........: Viva La Black Live at Ruvo
Label........: Ogun Records
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: 09-10-2007
str.date.....: 00-07-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 04:25
Mra
02. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 08:32
Thoughts To Geoff
03. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 05:02
Dedicated to Mingus
04. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 01:35
Monpezi Feza
05. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 02:08
Four Whispers For ArchieÆs Chair
06. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 04:39
Traumatic Experience
07. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 09:28
Cider Dance
08. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 04:11
A Song
09. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 04:04
Dancing Diamond
10. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 13:08
Septober Energy
11. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 03:39
South African National Anthem
12. Tippett, Tippetts, Moholo-Moholo, Generαl - 05:45
You AinÆt Gonna Know Me æCos You Think You Kno
Runtime 66:36 min
Size 93,0 MB
Release Notes:
Viva La Black Live At Ruvo, recorded in 2004, is a
collaboration between the Italian jazz orchestra
Canto Generαl and singers from vocal ensemble
Faraualla, Keith Tippett, his wife Julie Tippetts
and legendary South African drummer Louis
Moholo-Moholo. As well as playing piano, Tippett
directs and conducts the orchestra ; most of the
compositions are also his. However, the presence of
Moholo-Moholo is key, as much of the music here was
originally created with South African exiles Dudu
Pukwana, Harry Miller and Mongezi Feza, all friends
and colleagues of his, and all now departed.
The distinctive melody line and driving rhythms of
the opening track, "MRA," immediately call to mind
Brotherhood of Breath and The Dedication Orchestra,
large ensembles that united South African and UK
players. However, Canto Generαl are not content to
rehash past versions, as Vito Mitoli's soaring
opening trumpet solo immediately makes clear.
Packed with many fine soloists, the orchestra makes
each piece its own. The blend of brass and reeds
with the wordless vocals is thrilling stuff.
Tippett's compositions mix well with the South
Africans. More melodically and rhythmically varied,
they serve to demonstrate the extremes of sound
that the ensemble can produce. For much of its five
minutes, "Dedicated to Mingus" combines drones from
voices and instruments into an atmospheric
free-form tone poem, then eventually breaks into a
mournful lament that is worthy of Mingus himself.
Just as low keyùand just as beautifulùis Tippett's
all-too-short "Mongezi Feza," with the voices
staccato chanting of Feza's name like a mantra. The
voices are again employed to stunning effect on
"Cider Dance"; after some fine free blowing, subtly
backed by the vocals, the voices come to the fore,
culminating in a complex a capella improvisation.
In the tradition of such collaborations, the music
here brings together seemingly disparate
elementsùbig band energy, melody, rhythmic drive,
free blowing, ethereal vocalsùand mixes them into a
highly satisfying whole that will appeal to a broad
spectrum of jazz fans.
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