Urban Knights Presents: The Chicago Project

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:44:09
Full performer name: Ron Haynes/Fareed Haque/Kevin Randolph. Personnel includes: Ron Haynes (trumpet); Devo (rap vocals); Mars Williams (saxophone); Kevin Randolph (piano, keyboards); Fareed Haque, Keith Henderson, Buddy Fambro (guitar); Sharay Reed (bass); Calvin Rogers (drums); Alejo Poveda (percussion). Recorded at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois between August and December 2001. Personnel: Devo (rap vocals); Buddy Fambro, Keith Henderson, Fareed Haque (guitar); Mars Williams (saxophone); Johnny "Showtime" Janowiak, Ron Haynes (trumpet); Kevin Randolph (piano, keyboards); Alejo Poveda (percussion); Lambert Waldrip (programming); Brian Sledge (background vocals). Recording information: Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL (08/2001-12/2001). Photographer: Kevin Banna. Arranger: Frayne Lewis. Three artists who've worked prominently with Ramsey Lewis' Urban Knights group take center stage on The Chicago Project. Trumpeter Ron Haynes, guitarist Fareed Haque, and keyboardist Kevin Randolph under the production guidance of Urban Knight Frayne T. Lewis have concocted a funky and slick offering sure to please most smooth jazz aficionados. While these beat-heavy selections contain all the hallmarks of radio-friendly instrumental pop-jazz, there is the aura of something new here. Perhaps it's the Chicago post-rock, avant-jazz connotation of bands like Tortoise and Isotope 217 that lends a progressive edginess to this "project." Or, maybe it's the odd, angular keyboard background flourishes that add a forward-thinking, protean future feel to this otherwise mainstream production. Truthfully, though, there is little to compare on The Chicago Project with the experimental noodlings of the likes of John McEntire or Rob Mazurek. Primarily this is hip, danceable, studio-perfect music that references the best of European acid jazz. Highlights include pianist Randolph's blissed-out Rhodes solo on "All the Way" and Haynes' Harmon-muted feature "On the Block," which he opens up sans mute halfway through in true Donald Byrd fashion. ~ Matt Collar
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)