Truth And Beauty, Sam Yahel's fourth offering as a leader, finds the organist joined by Joshua Redman and Brian Blade, two of his closest collaborators. The trio is incredibly tight, which comes as no surprise given their time spent playing together in the Yaya3 collective. Redman plays superbly throughout; in Rollins-esque fashion, he builds several of his solos from a melodic fragments, developing it into a complete statement. Yahel conjures inventive sonorities and textures from his B-3. Blade, whether through his cymbal work, hand drumming on "Bend The Leaves" or various kicks and fills, gives the group energy and intensity.
Yahel's six compositions offer much more than basic statements that give way to blowing. He writes memorable melodies, and the tight arrangements are given as much emphasis as the solos. He also includes on the album, to great effect, "Check Up: by Ornette Colman and a solo B-3 treatment of "A Paz" by Gilberto Gil and Joao Donato. Paul Simon's "Night Game" is the closet thing this album has to a weak spot. The tune is pretty, but its sentimental mood doesn't fit into the disc's aesthetic.
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Biography
One of the more distinctive voices among a new
breed of Hammond B-3 organ players on the jazz scene, Sam Yahel has
earned the top spot in Down Beat's annual International Critics Poll as a
Talent Deserving Of Recognition for the past four consecutive years.
Since
moving to New York in 1990, Yahel has worked with a string of notable
jazz artists including tenor saxophonists Joshua Redman and Eric
Alexander, former James Brown sideman and alto sax great Maceo Parker,
guitarists Peter Bernstein and Bill Frisell, trumpeters Ryan Kisor and
Jim Rotondi, vocalists HYPERLINK Norah Jones (on her Grammy-winning Come
Away With Me), Lizz Wright, and Madeleine Peyroux.
But it has been as a solo artist in his own right that Yahel has made his most personal statements as both composer and player.
On
Truth and Beauty, his fourth outing as a leader, Yahel joins with
longtime colleagues Joshua Redman and drummer Brian Blade in rekindling
the potent chemistry they generated as Yaya3, a collective group that
was an outgrowth of a residency they had at Small's nightclub in New
York. "I'm proud of that record. I like Yaya3 (which was released by
Warner Bros. in 2003). But at the same time I was always thinking about
doing something purely of my own."
And while Yahel had previously
released three recordings as a leader -- 1998's Searchin', 1999's Trio
and 2000's In The Blink of an Eye -- his current outing is his strongest
to date. "This record is not so much about the straight-ahead swinging
undercurrent of the rhythm section," says Sam. "These days I feel like
jazz has absorbed more world music influences. I hear Brazilian, African
and Cuban music elements starting to seep into the mainstream jazz
scene and I find myself drawing from those influences more. And for me,
the organ is the perfect instrument to implement that kind of thing
because you can really get rhythmic and percussive on it, you can evoke
images and sounds just as easily as swinging. And although I'm a big fan
of straight ahead swinging music and I still play it with pleasure, I
think that this record is more of a foray into the other side."
With
Truth and Beauty, Yahel once again stakes out his own territory on the
Hammond B-3 organ while taking another important stride as a bandleader
and composer.
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Truth And Beauty, el cuarto trabajo de Sam Yahel como líder, reúne al organista con Joshua Redman y Brian Blade, dos de sus colaboradores más cercanos. El trío está increíblemente compenetrado, lo que no es de extrañar dado el tiempo que pasaron tocando juntos en el colectivo Yaya3. Redman toca de forma soberbia en todo momento; a la manera de Rollins, construye varios de sus solos a partir de fragmentos melódicos, convirtiéndolos en una declaración completa. Yahel conjura inventivas sonoridades y texturas con su B-3. Blade, ya sea a través de su trabajo con los platillos, la batería de mano en "Bend The Leaves" o varios golpes y rellenos, aporta al grupo energía e intensidad.
Las seis composiciones de Yahel ofrecen mucho más que declaraciones básicas que dan paso al soplido. Escribe melodías memorables, y los ajustados arreglos reciben tanta importancia como los solos. También incluye en el álbum, con gran efecto, "Check Up" de Ornette Colman y un solo de B-3 de "A Paz" de Gilberto Gil y Joao Donato. Night Game" de Paul Simon es lo más cercano que tiene este álbum a un punto débil. La melodía es bonita, pero su tono sentimental no encaja en la estética del disco.
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Biografía
Sam
Yahel, una de las voces más distintivas de la nueva generación de
organistas Hammond B-3 de la escena del jazz, ha obtenido el primer
puesto en la encuesta anual de la crítica internacional de Down Beat
como Talento merecedor de reconocimiento durante los últimos cuatro años
consecutivos.
Desde que se trasladó a Nueva York en 1990, Yahel
ha trabajado con una serie de notables artistas de jazz, entre ellos los
saxofonistas tenores Joshua Redman y Eric Alexander, el antiguo
acompañante de James Brown y gran saxo alto Maceo Parker, los
guitarristas Peter Bernstein y Bill Frisell, los trompetistas Ryan Kisor
y Jim Rotondi, las vocalistas HYPERLINK Norah Jones (en su ganadora del
Grammy Come Away With Me), Lizz Wright y Madeleine Peyroux.
Pero ha sido en solitario donde Yahel ha hecho sus declaraciones más personales como compositor e intérprete.
En
Truth and Beauty, su cuarto trabajo como líder, Yahel se une a sus
colegas de toda la vida Joshua Redman y el batería Brian Blade para
reavivar la potente química que generaron como Yaya3, un grupo colectivo
que surgió de una residencia que tuvieron en el club nocturno Small's
de Nueva York. "Estoy orgulloso de ese disco. Me gusta Yaya3 (que
publicó Warner Bros. en 2003). Pero al mismo tiempo siempre pensaba en
hacer algo puramente mío".
Y aunque Yahel ya había publicado tres
discos como líder: Searchin' (1998), Trio (1999) e In The Blink of an
Eye (2000), el actual es el más potente hasta la fecha. "Este disco no
tiene tanto que ver con el swing directo de la sección rítmica", dice
Sam. "Hoy en día creo que el jazz ha absorbido más influencias de las
músicas del mundo. Oigo que elementos de la música brasileña, africana y
cubana empiezan a filtrarse en la escena del jazz convencional y me
encuentro a mí mismo inspirándome más en esas influencias. Y para mí, el
órgano es el instrumento perfecto para poner en práctica ese tipo de
cosas, porque con él se puede ser realmente rítmico y percusivo, se
pueden evocar imágenes y sonidos con la misma facilidad que con el
swing. Y aunque soy un gran admirador de la música swing directa y sigo
tocándola con placer, creo que este disco es más bien una incursión en
el otro lado".
Con Truth and Beauty, Yahel vuelve a marcar su
propio territorio con el órgano Hammond B-3 al tiempo que da otro paso
importante como director de orquesta y compositor.
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Tracks:
1 - Truth And Beauty - 7:59
2 - Man O'War - 7:28
3 - Check Up - 5:04
4 - Bend The Leaves - 6:56
5 - Saba - 7:53
6 - Night Game - 4:49
7 - Child Watching - 8:15
8 - A Paz - 4:29
9 - Festinhas - 7:34
Credits:
Design, Layout – John Bishop (3)
Drums – Brian Blade
Electric Organ [Hammond B3] – Sam Yahel
Engineer, Mixed By – Paul Boothe (2)
Liner Notes – Brad Mehidau
Mastered By – Michael MacDonald*
Photography By – Augusta Quirk
Producer – Sam Yahel, Whitney Ashe
Tenor Saxophone – Joshua Redman
Written-By – S. Yahel* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Label: Origin Records – 82479
Country: US
Released: 2007
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/1903939-Sam-Yahel-Trio-Truth-And-Beauty
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