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philippe Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator
The musical character of Meola is back in this imaginative jazz, « tango » fusion
influenced album. God-Bird-Change starts directly with a basic but complex fusion jazz
improvisation with cool & nice technical guitar solos; exotic percussions with the
addition of old dated synth arrangements. A dynamic composition. Electric Rendezvous
begins as a mellow, semi-acoustic / electric ballad. It starts calmly to finally go into a
confused, intricate electric "trip". Ferocious heavy rhythm sections with efficient
solos suddenly rise, indicating a constant changing mood. Synth arrangements are light
and misplaced. Passion, Grace and Fire is a flamenco duet with Paco de Lucia. An
inventive improvised musical dialogue between the two guys. Paco's speedy technical
scales are always wondering, alternating with relaxed melodies. Several variations are
textured around the same melodic theme. Cruisin' is a pompous, amazing composition
with ridiculously funny electric guitar / synth exercises. The groove is here but it goes
nowhere. It sounds terribly mainstream and dated. Black Cat Shuffle really rocks, with
a nice rhythmical bass line, epic electric guitar / synth duets. The atmosphere is one
more time a bit humorous, ironic for me despite that the guitar solos are as usual
irreproachable. Ritmo de la Noche is a long « tango » like exhibition, a correct
evocation but it suffers of terribly bad dancing arrangements. Somalia is an acoustic
ballad, a good illustration of an ancient nostalgic expression.
A distinctive, alternative jazz fusion album which proves one more time that Meola
successes to develop his own style. However nothing really new if we compare it to his
70's musical production.
philippe |3/5 |
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