Well noted on the Latin Jazz music scene, Sebastian
Schunke publishes "Vida pura" choosing an énsemble of International character,
with artists that have frequented many styles and, of which, all have in common
– deep down – the same Koiné, the Latin-American culture, a sonic universe both
prismatic and complex, that is not always easily decipherable, by who is not used
to it, and in places where it is usually proposed.
The proof it presents is distinct by an immediate commnucative strength, amplified
by a multifaceted sense of rythmn and it's enforceable reading, factors that favour
the half-life, becoming the ideal pass that links it with the solidarity of it's
Carribean sound to that of the mediteranean: inventive spaces that are distinctive
between themselves. For the rest, and it's good to see, the soul is the same.
The hot declination of Latin lets it pass through expressive shades together
with the traditional swing timing of Jazz in some brilliant interaction with the
percussive intuition of Lukmil Perez, known to many as one of the most creative
drummers of his kind; in a similar estetic choice, in virtue of the arrangements
of the pianist, they are opportunely avoided those hustles and the dissonance sparse
in our days, based on the expressiveness of similar productions.
Of a particular quality are the dialogues between vocals and piano, an obstructed
and positive sensitivity, softly constructed and yet more decisive in the cantabili,
articulated in a spontaneous way and very balanced in the restless movements in
the delicate and pensive undertaking.
From here we can guess the open possibilities from the systematic comparison
and total between the notes, between research and tradition, from the sign of a
pronounced sense of the inward mobility, proclaimed by the sensitive roca of the
Cuban Olvido Ruiz, a telented vocalist with a very personal and intense punch,
agreeable caribbean performances in as much as major villages linked to the
Blue Notes.
Olvido… one would come to ask just how much a singer would be capable of projecting
so many emotions: a full punch, now softer and now on the search of reflexive spaces,
lacerating in phrases of chromatic restlessness…This aside, it is their artistic
reunion, which took place just a few years ago, that gave way for this change in
a musical research for both parties.
Sebastian, from the intelligent band leader, leaves space to the other executors,
and in this way we can witness some quality exhibitions, to be taken in and involved,
from Mario Morejòn "El Indio", trumpeteer of which strikes a passion and
energy in the solos, from Dan Freeman, an eclectic saxophonist, from Perez,
never palid or too distant from the strength of this unison, essential for the language
of these really Schunkian type jazz compsitions: it also strikes home the shureness
and inspiration expressed by the drummer, in perfect interplay with the three present
bassists that are present on the album.
However, from Sebastian, it is good to hear solid classical preperation that,
is possible to get a glimpse of, in the well defined melodic intuitions, chromatically
tempered and, above all, alien from the easy exotics so demonstrating how it is
possible to construct musical pieces of a high level while still perfectly maintaining
the full enjoyment of the actual piece, not resorting back to intellectualisations
or to the annoying mainstream episodes if not paradossal, in as much of this takes
place, unfortunately, in lots of Latin proposed every day, bereft of instrumental
shade and tone, and a little too engaging in it's own orthodoxy. This man should
merit from the fact he has ably attempted – and with some very worthy results to
note – to revist a noted style and at time "of consumption" articulating the pentacles
and the arrangements not only in relation to a modern syntax and polymer, but above
all, with authentic emotions, with sensations that take light in an agile and fluid
way, designing moments of elegant, and inevitably, involved listening.
Fabrizio Ciccarelli for Jazzitalia
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Publishing Date: 09/11/2008
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