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Følgende er nuppet fra The Japan Times Online 19. december 2004
Fredrik Lundin Overdrive: "Belly-up"
By MICHAEL PRONKO
Combining the gutsiness of blues with the sophistication of modern European jazz, Danish saxophonist Fredrik Lundin's "Belly-up" is a fitting tribute to the toughest bluesman of them all: Leadbelly. The CD's seven tunes, plus one original, slather the raw melodies of Leadbelly (whose real name was Huddie Ledbetter) with complex jazz harmonies and roiling, intense rhythms making a fascinating synergy.
Although Copenhagen has always been a home away from home for jazz, Overdrive, a modern electric-jazz group of Denmark's best jazzers, display a profound feeling for authentic country blues. At times, the melodies, originally shaped in the '20s by Leadbelly's gravelly, angry voice and 12-string guitar, float atop intricate arrangements; at others, the group lays into the melodies with a crisp punch from electric guitar and a wailing horn section.
It's the small touches that reveal the subtlety and mastery of this merger. The circular melody of "Black Girl" has an aching fragility, while "Take This Hammer" rollicks defiantly over tight New Orleanian drumming. The vocals on "Goodnight, Irene" (the only track with singing) turn the well-known lament into a booming big-band number.
Though Leadbelly was not much of a traveler himself (he once went to Washington D.C., wrote "The Bourgeois Blues" in response, and quickly departed for his home in the South), "Belly-up" shows that his music can feel right at home in Copenhagen.
Har du brug for lidt ro, ovenpå nytårsaften, kan du begrave dig foran computerens flimrende skærm, og læse historien om svensk jazz. Den er skrevet af Lars Westin, redaktør af Orkester Journalen, og producer af over 250 jazzplader. Historien er ledsaget af musikbidder. Du finder den ::HER::
Jeg har ofte givet tips til at finde gratis MP3 numre, denne gang er det både og. På www.emusic.com får man 50 gratis numre når man melder sig til, og herefter betaler man f.eks. 9.99 $ om måneden for fyrre downloads. Men hvad betaler man så for. Du får adgang til en lang række amerikanske independent pladeselskaber, og her er det rigtig interessant for jazzfreaks, for du kan nemlig finde hele Fantasy bagkataloget, hvilket vil sige musik fra selskaber som Jazzland, Prestige, Pablo og Milestone, hvilket vil sige udødelige klassikere med Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans etc. Derudover er der også ny musik fra selskaber som Concord (Ray Charles, Karryan Allison etc.), High Note (Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Coryell etc.), Knitting Factory (Jacob Fred, Brad Shepik etc.), Ubiquity (Dave Pike, Badmarsh etc.). Det var nogle jazzeksempler, men der er også meget spændende electronica, som f.eks. James Hardway, Ryuichi Sakamoto, NuSpirit Helsinki, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Cam etc. etc. God Fornøjelse!
Ps: Iøvrigt er der deres downloads i MP3, og ikke WMA, AAC eller noget andet halløj. Herligt!
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