Trilok Gurtu, the great Indian world-music percussionist, plays the Jazz Cafe in London on Monday with this lineup, and it will be interesting to see how he gets on in what can be a sonically competitive environment with a lot of quiet themes and four quiet partners. Gurtu is the only improvising soloist here (on staccato, percussion-mimicking vocals as well as a multiplicity of instruments), and contributes three out of 10 compositions - the others are by the chamber group members.
The Arke Quartet have shrewdly and musically lent an ear to a lot of world-music materials - from a softly singing microtonal quality reminiscent of Chinese violin music, to the rhythmic devices of Indian classical music and a Shakti-like Indo-jazz fusion, to a Celtic skip, an ambient tone-poetry sigh and much more. So, although perhaps the samplings from these different cultures don't entirely escape the local equivalents of hot licks, the programme is very varied, sensitively played and affectingly melodic - and Gurtu's famously tumultuous jamming against it is as inventive as ever.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/feb/16/jazz.shopping1
AllMusic Review by Chris Nickson
There's definitely something interesting going on here. Mix percussionist Trilok Gurtu with Italy's Arke String Quartet, whose instrumental arsenal extends a little beyond convention, and you have a marvellous blend of East and West, apparent from the outset with "Balahto," which just cracks out of the box. It really is a cultural blend, too, with everyone responsible for the compositions, such as Gurtu's "Folded Hands," which is extensive and exploratory, gorgeously melodic, and rhythmically inventive. Creatively, the musicians are real equals, all striving for something new and making connections. The fact that they're all virtuosos doesn't hurt, either, readily able to translate their ideas from the head to the fingers, and with a deep knowledge of global music and an obvious desire to learn more. It takes some unexpected turns, like the tabla that mixes with the music of Southern Italy on "Taranta Suite," but works perfectly. In its own quiet way, this is one of the great successes of the year.
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Trilok Gurtu, el gran percusionista de la música mundial de la India, toca el lunes en el Jazz Café de Londres con esta formación, y será interesante ver cómo le va en lo que puede ser un ambiente sónico competitivo con muchos temas tranquilos y cuatro compañeros tranquilos. Gurtu es el único solista que improvisa aquí (en staccato, voces que imitan la percusión, así como una multiplicidad de instrumentos), y contribuye con tres de cada 10 composiciones - las otras son de los miembros del grupo de cámara.
El Cuarteto Arke ha escuchado con astucia y musicalidad muchos de los materiales de la música del mundo - desde una calidad microtonal que canta suavemente y que recuerda a la música del violín chino, hasta los dispositivos rítmicos de la música clásica india y una fusión de indo-jazz similar a la Shakti, pasando por un saltito celta, un suspiro de poesía y tono ambiental y mucho más. Así que, aunque quizás las muestras de estas diferentes culturas no escapan del todo a los equivalentes locales de las lamidas calientes, el programa es muy variado, tocado con sensibilidad y afectuosamente melódico - y la famosa y tumultuosa interferencia de Gurtu contra él es tan inventiva como siempre.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/feb/16/jazz.shopping1
Reseña de AllMusic por Chris Nickson
Definitivamente está pasando algo interesante aquí. El percusionista Trilok Gurtu con el cuarteto italiano Arke String Quartet, cuyo arsenal instrumental se extiende un poco más allá de lo convencional, y tienes una mezcla maravillosa de Oriente y Occidente, evidente desde el principio con "Balahto", que simplemente se rompe al sacarlo de la caja. Realmente es una mezcla cultural, también, con todos los responsables de las composiciones, como "Folded Hands" de Gurtu, que es extensa y exploratoria, bellamente melódica y rítmicamente inventiva. Creativamente, los músicos son realmente iguales, todos luchando por algo nuevo y haciendo conexiones. El hecho de que todos ellos sean virtuosos tampoco hace daño, ya que son capaces de traducir sus ideas de la cabeza a los dedos, y con un profundo conocimiento de la música global y un obvio deseo de aprender más. Toma algunos giros inesperados, como la tabla que se mezcla con la música del sur de Italia en "Taranta Suite", pero funciona perfectamente. A su manera, este es uno de los grandes éxitos del año.
Tracklist:
1 - Balahto - 4:00
2 - Nanda (To My Mother) - 3:40
3 - Kermanşah - 4:19
4 - Dea - 4:18
5 - Fes - 6:45
6 - Taranta Suite - 6:37
7 - Yoragathupaga - 5:46
8 - Folded Hands - 7:28
9 - Skopje - 5:31
10 - Sveva - 3:17
Credits:
Artwork By [Graphic Project] – Vegas Multimedia
Double Bass, Ukulele, Bass [Eminence/aptflex] – Stefano Dall'Ora
Executive Producer – Marcello Corvino
Other [Organisation] – Maria Letizia Ortolani, Rossana Ashdown
Other [Supervision] – Greta Meda
Photography – Luca D'Agostino
Recorded By, Edited By – Filippo Schiavini
Strings – Arkè String Quartet
Tabla, Drums, Percussion, Flute, Voice – Trilok Gurtu
Viola – Sandro Di Paolo
Violin – Valentino Corvino
Violin, Strings [Dilruba], Recorder, Kalimba, Mixed By, Mastered By – Carlo Cantini
Written-By – C. Cantini (tracks: 3, 5), S. Di Paolo* (tracks: 2, 6), S. Dall'Ora* (tracks: 9), T. Gurtu* (tracks: 1, 7, 8), V. Corvino* (tracks: 4, 10)
Label: Promo Music (2) – PM CD 006
Released: 2006
Genre: Jazz, Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Fusion
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