Review by Jason Elias
Arrows, the follow-up to 1978's The Blue Man, has Khan again signed directly to Columbia rather than Tappen Zee, where Bob James produced Khan's 1977 debut, Tightrope. With commercial considerations a non-issue and armed with a vague concept, Arrows is often a humorless and bleak affair despite the skills of the talented guitarist. Khan shares the production duties with Elliot Scheiner on this 1979 effort. Almost immediately, Arrows seems to suffer from a lack of direction. While the 11-minute-and-42-second concept song "City Suite" offers nary a memorable riff, "Candles" has Khan doing some great unnerving solos with Michael Brecker supporting on soprano sax. The insistent "Some Arrows" finds the rote backing of most Khan's fiery solos null and void. "Calling" has some of the tunefulness of Tightrope and has him easily accessing the sense of longing and drama the earlier tracks stumbled over. Like many albums of the time, Arrows is a New York effort through and through, with players like Don Grolnick, Randy Brecker, and David Sanborn doing sturdy work. Khan's work here is steady but the influx of fragments rather than songs causes Arrows to only be recommended to hardcore late-'70s jazz fans and guitar fanatics.
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Reseña de Jason Elias
Arrows, la continuación de The Blue Man de 1978, tiene de nuevo a Khan firmado directamente con Columbia en lugar de con Tappen Zee, donde Bob James produjo el debut de Khan en 1977, Tightrope. Sin consideraciones comerciales y armado con un concepto vago, Arrows es a menudo un asunto sombrío y sin humor a pesar de las habilidades del talentoso guitarrista. Khan comparte las tareas de producción con Elliot Scheiner en este trabajo de 1979. Casi de inmediato, Arrows parece adolecer de falta de dirección. Mientras que la canción conceptual de 11 minutos y 42 segundos «City Suite» no ofrece ni un riff memorable, «Candles» tiene a Khan haciendo algunos solos enervantes con el apoyo de Michael Brecker al saxo soprano. La insistente «Some Arrows» anula la rutina de la mayoría de los fogosos solos de Khan. «Calling» tiene algo de la melodía de Tightrope y le permite acceder fácilmente a la sensación de añoranza y dramatismo con la que tropezaban los temas anteriores. Como muchos álbumes de la época, Arrows es un esfuerzo neoyorquino en toda regla, con músicos como Don Grolnick, Randy Brecker y David Sanborn haciendo un trabajo sólido. El trabajo de Khan aquí es constante, pero la afluencia de fragmentos en lugar de canciones hace que Arrows sólo se recomiende a los fans acérrimos del jazz de finales de los 70 y a los fanáticos de la guitarra.
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Tracks:
1 - City Suite (For Folon) - 11:42
2 - Candles - 6:52
3 - Daily Village - 6:37
4 - Some Arrows - 5:45
5 - Calling - 6:23
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – David Sanborn (tracks: 1, 5)
Drums – Rick Marotta (tracks: 2, 4), Steve Gadd (tracks: 1, 3, 5)
Electric Bass – Will Lee
Electric Piano – Don Grolnick
Guitar – Jeff Mironov, Steve Khan
Liner Notes – 成田正*
Percussion – 'Crusher' Bennett
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker (tracks: 1, 2, 3)
Synthesizer – Rob Mounsey (tracks: 2, 4, 5)
Trumpet – Randy Brecker (tracks: 1, 2)
Recorded at: Mediasound, N.Y.C.
Label: Columbia – JC 36129
Released: 1979
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz
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