The 16 tracks on this leisurely CD span the rowdy, the regal and the ruminative. They star Ernest Ranglin, who might be called the father of ska. He’s a Jamaican guitarist who can play both pensively and pyrotechnically, and even now, in his early 80s, he’s always tasteful and frequently startling. Ranglin wrote most of the tracks on this expansive project, and the music is sequenced perfectly for a party on a summer night. This is user-friendly music, world-beat style with a pronounced Kingston accent, and one can imagine how Ranglin and his Avilans might wail on this material in a club.
Ranglin’s pensive mode takes over on “Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro,” the warm second track, reprised at the end in “Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro (Home),” an even more relaxed and dreamy take of the same Abdullah Ibrahim tune. And while ska, rocksteady and reggae rhythms dominate, other feels also pertain, like the straight blues of the title track.
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Originally Published June 23, 2014
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Los 16 temas de este CD, de carácter pausado, abarcan desde lo alborotado hasta lo regio, pasando por lo reflexivo. El protagonista es Ernest Ranglin, al que se podría llamar el padre del ska. Es un guitarrista jamaicano que puede tocar tanto de forma pensativa como pirotécnica, e incluso ahora, a sus 80 años, es siempre elegante y a menudo sorprendente. Ranglin compuso la mayoría de los temas de este amplio proyecto, y la música está perfectamente secuenciada para una fiesta en una noche de verano. Se trata de una música fácil de usar, de estilo world-beat con un pronunciado acento de Kingston, y uno puede imaginar cómo Ranglin y sus Avilans podrían gemir con este material en un club.
El modo pensativo de Ranglin toma el relevo en "Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro", la cálida segunda pista, que se repite al final en "Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro (Home)", una versión aún más relajada y soñadora del mismo tema de Abdullah Ibrahim. Y aunque dominan los ritmos ska, rocksteady y reggae, también hay otros sentimientos, como el blues directo de la canción que da título al disco.
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Publicado originalmente el 23 de junio de 2014
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1 - Bond Street Express -
2 - Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro -
3 - Sivan -
4 - Bless Up -
5 - O Meets R -
6 - Joan's Pen -
7 - Follow On -
8 - El Mescalero -
9 - Blues For a Hip King -
10 - Rock Me Steady -
11 - Stuff I Am Looking For -
12 - Ska Renzo -
13 - You Too -
14 - Mystic Blue -
15 - Good Friends -
16 - Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro (Home) -
Credits:
Bass – Yossi Fine
Co-producer – Ernest Ranglin, Yossi Fine
Drums, Percussion – Inx Herman
Guitar – Ernest Ranglin
Piano, Organ, Electric Piano – Jonathan Korty
Piano, Organ, Electric Piano, Melodica, Harmonium – Eric Levy (3)
Producer – Tony Mindel
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Harmonica – Michael Peloquin
Trombone – Charlie Wilson (9)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Modesto Briseno
Label: Avila Street Records – ASR 004
Released: 14 May 2014
Genre: Jazz, Reggae
https://www.discogs.com/Ernest-Ranglin-Avila-Bless-Up/release/15342102
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