Awarded as the best flutist of Latin Jazz in
2007, Mark Weinstein revisits classics
from the Blue Notes
and puts forward some interesting dark original compositions. Wanting to give a
title to the CD with one of the most recognisable pentagrams from Monk.
A declaration of intent, on our advice, designed in a setting of deeply
researched tone that evolves into a discreet and lively rhythmic sound. A perfect
example or instrumental virtuosity that doesn't just demonstrate but investigates
the deep expressive resources of the flute. Rarely leaving a lyricism with warm
chromatic nuances.
An atmosphere without borders is drawn out, searching for an extended
emotion and at the same time a vigorous timing, escaping from purely just showing
off. It is here through the "silence" that gracefully - and with intention – though
not just exclusively representative, that the territories of classic jazz and of
those more innovative and contemporary are discovered. A declaration of rounded
resonant intelligence, diluted without letting go, it proposes a great original
idea, one of good taste.
Weinstein's research is stimulanting: the sounds are imagined through
an enriched variation of shades of colours that have an assured impact. The stile
is dry and the phrasing is combined with the desire to express its own exterior.
Very individualistic and intuitive in it's plastic equilibrium.
The sense of direction of this work is derailed by the systematic spontaneous
ness through the interesting interplayed rhythms. Three clever and effective players,
without a doubt, Dave Stryker on guitar, Ed Howard on the double bass
and Victor Lewis on drums.
The reference to the flutist is in one respect through the Afro-American
tradition, that in which the spirit and soul of the blues gives it the life through
the bop, but above all the more modern expression, open and energetically rounded
off in the melodies and in the persuasive geometries strongly described.
An unconventional jazz is that offered by Weinstein, for the rest the
reference to Thelonious Monk is not casual, versatile and free from stylistic
conditioning, which explores improvised territories from ample co-ordinated cultures,
amplified by a vast spectrum of tone and notably elegant.
Fabrizio Ciccarelli for Jazzitalia
Insert an opinion
This page has 789 hits
Publishing Date: 09/11/2008
|
|
