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Sunday, October 31, 2021

Monty Alexander • Meets Sly and Robbie



Review by Rick Anderson
Jazz purists may turn up the nose at this jazz-reggae summit meeting, but that's their loss. It's not that they wouldn't have the right to be suspicious -- experiments in jazz-reggae fusion do not have a distinguished history. But the combination of Jamaican-born jazz pianist Monty Alexander and reggae godfathers Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare works beautifully here for a number of reasons: first of all, Alexander is a gifted melodist with an unerring sense of groove (not always a given with jazz players), and second of all, Sly and Robbie emancipated themselves long ago from reggae's rhythmic strictures, so there's lots of variety on this album. The grooves are never less than bone deep: on "Monty's Groove," Shakespeare's minimalist bassline and Dunbar's funky drumming propel Alexander into inspired (if a bit restrained) flights of improvisation, and "People Make the World Go 'Round" is a slow, dark dancehall workout that gives Alexander's piano lots of open space to work with. "Hot Milk," the album's closer, is a touching tribute to the late reggae organist Jackie Mittoo, on which Alexander plays mournful melodica over a modified rocksteady beat. There are times when you might wish Alexander would cut loose and wail a bit more, but this album is a delight from beginning to end.
 
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Reseña de Rick Anderson
Puede que los puristas del jazz levanten la nariz ante esta reunión cumbre de jazz-reggae, pero ellos se lo pierden. No es que no tengan derecho a sospechar: los experimentos de fusión jazz-reggae no tienen una historia distinguida. Pero la combinación del pianista de jazz de origen jamaicano Monty Alexander y los padrinos del reggae Sly Dunbar y Robbie Shakespeare funciona maravillosamente aquí por varias razones: en primer lugar, Alexander es un melodista dotado con un sentido infalible del groove (que no siempre se da en los músicos de jazz), y en segundo lugar, Sly y Robbie se emanciparon hace tiempo de las restricciones rítmicas del reggae, por lo que hay mucha variedad en este álbum. Los grooves nunca dejan de ser profundos: en "Monty's Groove", la línea de bajo minimalista de Shakespeare y la batería funky de Dunbar impulsan a Alexander a inspirados (aunque un poco restringidos) vuelos de improvisación, y "People Make the World Go 'Round" es un lento y oscuro ejercicio de dancehall que da al piano de Alexander mucho espacio abierto para trabajar. "Hot Milk", el cierre del álbum, es un conmovedor homenaje al fallecido organista de reggae Jackie Mittoo, en el que Alexander toca una melódica lúgubre sobre un ritmo de rocksteady modificado. Hay momentos en los que uno desearía que Alexander se soltara y se lamentara un poco más, pero este álbum es una delicia de principio a fin.



Tracklist
1 Chameleon 5:05
2 Monty's Groove 5:21
3 Soulful Strut 5:05
4 The In Crowd 5:13
5 Sidewinder 4:58
6 People Make The World Go 'Round 5:08
7 (Do The) Kool Step 4:24
8 Moanin' 5:03
9 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 4:34
10 Hot Milk 5:50

Credits
Bass – Robbie Shakespeare
Drums [Drum Fills] – Desmond Jones
Drums [Rhythm And Programming] – Sly Dunbar
Keyboards – Handel Tucker
Saxophone – Jay Davidson
Trumpet – Steve Jankowski
Piano, Melodica – Monty Alexander

Recorded August and December 1999

Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz


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