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Theo Croker: Escape Velocity
ByTheo Croker
trumpetb.1985

Norman Connors
drumsb.1947

Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocalsb.1950
Le maggiori novità stilistiche riguardano il massiccio uso della sordina harmon e dei campionatori da parte di Croker. Il pensiero corre subito a

Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991

Roy Hargrove
trumpet1969 - 2018

David Gilmore
guitarPur mantenendo un'identità comune i brani spaziano tra atmosfere diverse. Agli articolati "In Orbit" e "Raise Your Vibrations" fa da contraltare il lineare "Because of You." Il più tradizionalmente jazzistico è "Meditations." "We Can't Breathe" è il più vicino al groove del funk anni settanta e aggiunge ricchi assoli di sax tenore, organo e tromba. Un altro tema tema evocativo del passato, per l'uso che Michael King fa dell'hammod, è "Changes" con gli sviluppi ritmici e la tromba elettronica che aggiungono contemporaneità.
Ma non tutto è groove. Suggestioni liriche vengono da "Rahspect (Amen)," "No Escape From Bliss" confermando una musica sfaccettata e intrigante. ">
Track Listing
Raise Your Vibrations; Trascend; This Could Be (For the Traveling Soul); In Orbit; No Escape from Bliss; The Right Time; A Call to the Ancestors; Meditations; We Can't Breathe; It's Gonna Be Alright; Because of You; Real Episode; Love from the Sun; Changes; Rahspect (Amen).
Personnel
Theo Croker
trumpetTheo Croker: tromba, samples; Kassa Overall: batteria, samples; Irwin Hall: sax (contralto), flauto, clarinetto basso; Michael King: Fender Rhodes, Moog, organo; Eric Wheeler: basso; Anthony Ware: sax (baritono); Ben Eunson: chitarra; Femi Temowo: chitarra; ospite: Dee Dee Bridgewater: voce.
Album information
Title: Escape Velocity | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Okeh
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