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LATIN JAZZ SUITE was nominated for the 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.
With the help of Cologne's WDR Big Band and acclaimed jazzmen such as Jon Faddis and David Sanchez, arranger/conductor Lalo Shifrin makes his way through a six-part suite that mixes jazz with the rhythms of Latin music, from Brazilian to Cuban and more. The soloists--particularly saxophonist Sanchez, are inspired and full of fire, and the album burns brightly with both indigenous Latin rhythms and the spirit of the ensemble. Still, no matter how organic and spontaneous the music becomes, Schifrin's inherent harmonic sophistication can be felt. It's this dynamic pull between cognitive structure and pure, unfettered expression that gives LATIN JAZZ SUITE its essential dynamic tension. From the percolating, polyrhythmic percussion of the fourth movement ("Fiesta") to the simple, poignant, almost Asian-sounding flute solo of the fifth movement ("Ritual") and beyond, the range of tonal colors and melodic contours is as wide as it is inviting.
From CD Universe.
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Featuring the Cologne-based WDR Big Band with guests trumpeter Jon Faddis, saxophonist David Sanchez, and three superb percussionists--Alex Acuna, Alphonso Garrido, and Marcio Doctor--Schifrin's Latin Jazz Suite makes notable use of motifs, structures, and resonances from his previous compositions. Do not infer an exercise in shabby cannibalism, however. This is a nobly ambitious work. The geographical sweep is formidable. In addition to commemorating jazz's African roots, Schifrin takes us from Cuba and the Caribbean to Brazil and his native Argentina. All six movements have much to savor, but in the end, the Latin Jazz Suite is greater than the considerable sum of its parts; it is the varied sonorousness of the charts and the composer's matchless rhythmic feel that one most thrills to and remembers. Any enthusiast of orchestral jazz or world music ought to find Schifrin's latest triumph irresistible.
By Richard Palmer.
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Lalo Schifrin- (Piano);
Koji Paul Shigihara- (Guitar);
Jens Neufang, Harold Rosenstein, Heiner Wiberny, Rolf Romer- (Reeds);
David Sanchez- (Soprano Sax, tenor Sax);
John Marshall , Klaus Osterloh, Andy Haderer- (Trumpet, Flugelhorn);
Rob Bruynen, Jon Faddis- (Trumpet);
Lucas Schmid, Bernt Laukamp, Ludwig Nuss, Dave Horler- (Trombone);
Frank Chastenier- (Piano, Organ);
Ignacio Berroa- (Drums);
Alex Acuña, Marcio Doctor- (Percussion).
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01. Montuño 7:33
02. Martinique 7:48
03. Pampas 12:41
04. Fiesta 12:44
05. Ritual 15:21
06. Manaos 8:48
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