Intoxicate [ECD]

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:54:00
This is Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Michael Wolff (vocals, piano, keyboards); Alex Foster (vocals, saxophone); Charlie Hunter (guitar); John B. Williams (bass); Victor Jones (drums); Badal Roy (tabla); Frank Colon (percussion). Recorded at Private Island Trax, Hollywood, California and Back Pocket, New York, New York. Personnel: Michael Wolff (vocals, piano, keyboards); Alex Foster (chant, reeds, saxophone); Charlie Hunter (8-string guitar); John B. Williams, Jr. (upright bass, electric bass); Victor Jones (drums); Badal Roy (tabla); Frank Colon (percussion). Audio Mixers: Nic TenBroek; Master T ; Michael Wolff; Nicholas Ten Broeck. Audio Remixer: Master T . Liner Note Author: Michael Wolff. Recording information: Back Pocket NY, NY; Hollywood, CA., New York, NY; Private Island Trax, Hollywood, CA; Private Island, Back Pocket. Michael Wolff follows his highly successful year 2000 debut, Impure Thoughts, with Intoxicate, a darkly alluring collection of transcendent grooves, exotic Indian tablas, and Brazilian percussion. Wolff's bandmates, collectively known as Impure Thoughts, provide exciting, enjoyable improvisations that complement Wolff's piano prowess. Eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter and master remixer Master T, who adds a hip drum'n'bass-tinged remix of Wayne Shorter's jazz standard "Witch Hunt" on the bonus track, are among the guests on the CD. The ensemble delivers a brilliant cover of Lee Morgan's masterwork "Sidewinder," underscoring it with brilliant colors and compelling solos. Marvin Gaye's R&B hit "Sexual Healing" features Hunter in another eclectic Indian setting, while "Cool" is Wolff's centerpiece, featuring him on acoustic piano accompanied by tabla, berimbau, and bass. Overall, Intoxicate surpasses Wolff's debut because of its wealth of innovative world rhythms, jam band appeal, interesting takes on old friends (in this case, "Sidewinder" and "Witch Hunt"), and the topnotch originality and use of Indian music fused with jazz and soul. ~ Paula Edelstein
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)