追悼ファラオ・サンダース!
絶品の名曲カヴァー2曲を収録した日本のジャズ・ファンに大人気のキーボーディスト、マーク・ド・クライヴ・ロウ最新アルバム完成。シゲトがドラムで参加!

作曲家、ピアニスト、DJとしても活躍し、ジャズ、ダンスミュージック、ヒップホップの垣根を超えて広く活躍しているマーク・ド・クライヴ・ロウ(MdCL)が今回デトロイトのドラマーであるシゲトとジャズヴォーカリスト/フルート奏者のメラニー・チャールズの三人によるコラボレーション作品『ホテル・サン・クラウディオ』をリリースする!
今作は昨年逝去したファラオ・サンダースの追悼を込めて「The Creator Has a Master Plan」と「Love is Everywhere」のカバーアレンジをしており、シゲトのドラムとメラニー・チャールズのコーラスとフルートソロのメロディーがオリジナルに引けを取らない楽曲へと仕上げている。ジャズ好きはもちろんクラブミュージック好きにも聞いてほしい一枚!

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2023/02/24）

Hotel San Claudio brings together composer/musician Mark de Clive-Lowe, producer/drummer Shigeto, and singer/flutist Melanie Charles, three artists bridging genres such as jazz, hip-hop, and dance music. The album feels loose, free, and spontaneous, with the artists putting a new spin on familiar material and letting other ideas flow naturally. A year earlier, de Clive-Lowe released Freedom: Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders, and the spiritual jazz pioneer remains a powerful guiding force. Hotel San Claudio is bookended by interpretations of "The Creator Has a Master Plan," the first of which slowly snakes its way in, establishing a welcoming atmosphere and enticing the listener, but cutting off right when it seems like theyre going to take a full plunge. Instead, once theyve fully captured the audiences attention, they switch things up and show everyone just how much fun they have creating music in the studio together. "Strings" sets the tone with de Clive-Lowes atmospheric synths and Shigetos woodblock-heavy, J Dilla-inspired drumming, then Charles takes the mike for an exuberant rap verse, sounding like shes even surprising herself at how easy and enjoyable it is, and delivering shout-outs to her collaborators. The vast, reverb-heavy "MFT" centers around a gamelan-inspired melody, which later resurfaces in one of the albums interludes. "Bushido" is a rework of a composition previously featured on both of de Clive-Lowes Heritage albums from 2019, which took inspiration from Japanese folk tales, paying homage to the artists ancestry. This version seems both ancient and futuristic, with flute melodies evoking sacred traditions while trippy electronics shoot everything into space. "Kanazawa" is a smooth disco-soul jam highlighted by Charles radiant, soaring vocals, and it leads into an even more cheerful, uplifting rendition of Sanders "Love Is Everywhere." The concluding take on "The Creator Has a Master Plan" starts out gently, then gradually gets swept up in ethereal, cosmic joy. ~ Paul Simpson

Rovi