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| | Artist : Aaron Parks | |
| | Album : Invisible Cinema | |
| | Label : Blue Note Records Source : CD | |
| | Cat. No. : 09011 Size : 75.63 MB | |
| ª Genre : Jazz StrDate: 2008-08-19 ª |
ª _ Quality : 179kbps/44.1khz/Joint Stereo RipDate: 2008-08-18 _ ª
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| | If ever there were a supporting case for the importance of | |
| | mentoring in jazz, it would be Aaron Parks. The pianist began | |
| | playing with trumpeter Terence Blanchard in 2003 at the age of 18 | |
| | and, over the course of three albums culminating in last year's | |
| | deeply moving A Tale of God's Will (Blue Note, 2007), has grown | |
| | into a mature player whose early promise is already being | |
| | realized. With inimitable technique and open ears, he seems to | |
| | have bypassed the youthful peril where technique is the end | |
| | rather than the means. On his debut as a leader, Parks proves | |
| | himself a player and composer of great depth, with a truly | |
| | cinematic vision that embraces the challenge of complexity as | |
| | much as it does the demand of creating simple, evocative | |
| | melodies. | |
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| | Parks has recruited a stellar group of rising stars for Invisible | |
| | Cinema. Guitarist Mike Moreno's Between the Lines (World Culture | |
| | Music, 2007) was a masterful debut, demonstrating similar | |
| | maturity beyond his age and an embracive approach blending | |
| | tradition with progressive elements. The increasingly in-demand | |
| | bassist Matt Penman marries pulse and melody, matching Parks' | |
| | ability to shift from knotty rhythms to near-folkloric innocence. | |
| | Drummer Eric Harland's broad reach has found him equally | |
| | comfortable with the spiritually invested free play of | |
| | saxophonist Charles Lloyd's Rabo de Nube (ECM, 2008) and the more | |
| | explosive energy of guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's The Remedy | |
| | (ArtistShare, 2008). Together, they're a flexible quartet that | |
| | blends the language of jazz with more contemporary and, at times, | |
| | powerful indie rock concerns. | |
| | | |
| | The opening ôTravelersö marries ethereality with fervency in | |
| | equal doses, Parks' solo a marvel of layered spontaneity that | |
| | leans towards classicism in addition to jazz orthodoxy. A trio | |
| | track where Harland and Penman push the insistent groove with | |
| | nuance rather than overt power, it sets a high bar for the rest | |
| | of the disc. | |
| | | |
| | Moreno joins for the episodic ôPeaceful Warrior,ö where lyricism | |
| | and Pat Metheny-esque expansiveness still allow plenty of | |
| | freedom. Parks and Moreno trade lengthy choruses over its 9/8 | |
| | middle section, Penman and Harland pushing and pulling the two | |
| | soloists as they weave in and around the changes. | |
| | | |
| | If Radiohead were more sophisticated they might record a track | |
| | like ôNemesis.ö Harland's backbeat and Parks' repetitive piano | |
| | figure drive Moreno's sharp, overdriven melody, another solo | |
| | section where guitar and piano again alternate, hypnotically | |
| | building the energy. Piano is Parks' main axe, but here he layers | |
| | mellotron, glockenspiel and additional keyboards to create an | |
| | image-rich soundscape. The group revisits ôHarvesting Dance,ö | |
| | from Blanchard's Flow (Blue Note, 2005), but Parks' smaller | |
| | line-up breathes more, its Spanish ambience building into a fiery | |
| | solo from Moreno that's a highlight of the disc. | |
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| | For an artist not yet 25, Invisible Cinema is refreshingly fully | |
| | formedùamongst the year's best releases, it represents one | |
| | possible future of jazz. With plenty to appeal to long-term, | |
| | open-minded jazz fans, Parks' incorporation of familiar reference | |
| | points also makes it a good bet to attract younger listeners. | |
| | | |
| | Tracklisting: | |
| | | |
| | 01. Aaron Parks - Travelers 5:34 | |
| | 02. Aaron Parks - Peaceful Warrior 9:39 | |
| | 03. Aaron Parks - Nemesis 6:14 | |
| | 04. Aaron Parks - Riddle Me This 2:43 | |
| | 05. Aaron Parks - Into The Labyrinth 2:53 | |
| | 06. Aaron Parks - Karma 8:06 | |
| | 07. Aaron Parks - Roadside Distraction 2:44 | |
| | 08. Aaron Parks - Harvesting Dance 9:35 | |
| | 09. Aaron Parks - Praise 4:43 | |
| | 10. Aaron Parks - Afterglow 2:45 | |
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ª _ Total: 00:54:56 _ ª
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