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David Matthews: Bach 2000

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Label: ZYX Music
Released: 2001.07.16
Time:
 52:52
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Shigeyuki Kawashima, David Matthews
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.fantasyjazz.com
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Purchase date: 2001.08.21
Price in €: 16,99



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[1] Toccata and Fugue (J.S.Bach) - 6:36
[2] Air on the g String (J.S.Bach) - 9:18
[3] Invention No. 4 (J.S.Bach) - 6:02
[4] Kyrie (J.S.Bach) - 8:14
[5] Minuet [A Lovers Concerto] (J.S.Bach) - 7:07
[6] Siciliano (J.S.Bach) - 7:44
[7] Fugue No. 2 (J.S.Bach) - 7:32

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David Matthews - Arrangement, Conductor

Bill Evans - Soprano & Tenor Saxes, Flute

Manhattan Jazz Orchestra
Lew Soloff - Trumpet
Ryan Kisor - Trumpet
Joe Shepley - Trumpet
Scott Wendholt - Trumpet
Jim Pugh - Trombone
Larry Farrell - Trombone
Birch Johnson - Trombone
David Taylor - Bass Trombone
John Clark - French horn
Fred Griffin - French horn
Tony Price - Tuba
Chris Hunger - Alto sax, Flute
Roger Rosenberg - Bass Clarinet
Chip Jackson - Bass
Terry Silverlight - Drums

Shigeyuki Kawashima - Producer
Yukihiro Hattori - Co-Producer
Hisao Ebine - Executive Producer
Chaz Clifton - Engineer
Kazuhiro Yamagata - Mastering, CD Layout
Tom Filogomo - Assistant Engineer
Aya Takemura - Assistant Engineer
Jamie Putnam - Art Direction, Design
Kazutomi Aoki - Liner Notes

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2001 CD Milestone MCD-9312-2
2001 CD Milestone 9312
2001 CD Milestone 93122



David Matthews' arrangements of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra are ambitious, to say the least. Eschewing any keyboard instruments, he relies on the considerable chops of his 16-piece big band to follow his demanding charts. The opening track, "Toccata and Fugue (In D Minor)," is probably his greatest success, with a driving, up-tempo performance that proves exhilarating. The use of muted trumpets and brushes to introduce "Minuet (A Lover's Concerto)" and the surprising twists that slip into his charts are noteworthy. Sadly, none of the soloists are identified in Kazutomi Aoki's liner notes, though there are several outstanding trumpet solos. Unfortunately, many of the slower pieces such as the ponderous "Kyrie," although well executed, just don't keep one's attention, and as a result, it is difficult to listen to the entire CD at once. There's no questioning the musicianship within this release, but it falls short of being an essential purchase for those who enjoy Baroque music transformed into a jazz setting.

Ken Dryden - All Music Guide



A handful of musicians, most notably Jacques Loussier and Uri Caine, have successfully adapted the music of J.S. Bach to jazz. Add big band composer and arranger Dave Matthews to that list. With the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, featuring trumpeters Lew Soloff and Ryan Kisor, alto saxophonist and flutist Bill Evans, bass clarinetist Roger Rosenberg, and bassist Chip Jackson, Matthews reinterprets Bach's music in a swinging way that combines the baroque with the bebop. Recorded as a tribute to the 250th anniversary of Bach's death in 2000, Matthews and company rhythmically reincarnate Bach's "Toccata and Fugue," "Kyrie," and "Minuet (A Lover's Concerto)" into sophisticated no-holds-barred mainstream swing tunes. Matthews adapts Bach's counterpoint to a large ensemble band context on "Invention No. 4" and "Fugue No. 2." The immortal "Air on a G String" retains its atmospheric character in this special Matthews-adapted jazz-ballad form, and "Siciliano" is recast in a Latin-inspired air not unlike Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain. It takes musicians of great depth to successfully pull off the marriage of jazz and classical styles, and David Matthews and his cohorts accomplish it with ease.

Eugene Holley Jr. - Amazon.com
 

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