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Paul Shapiro : Essen [Jazz]
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专辑名称:Essen
歌手姓名:Paul Shapiro
唱片公司:Tzadik
发行日期:2009年01月08日
专辑流派:Jazz
专辑语言:英语
文件内容:mp3 vbr N/A MB
Saxophonist Paul Shapiro has really out-done
himself on his third album as a bandleader.
Entitled Essen, the music is served up with
elements of Yiddish swing, soulful blues, gospel
chant and theatre-cabaret wind up in gypsy-punk
cables, hip-hop landings and 揃orscht Belt humor,?
which Shapiro refers to as the comedians who
entertain at the hotels in Upstate New York憇
Catskill Mountains. If that means nothing to you,
then think of Jackie Mason抯 humor and you抣l grasp
the idea. The term 揺ssen?is Yiddish for 揺at?and
Shapiro has delivered a viable smorgasbord for
people to eat up with songs made famous by Peggy
Lee, Cab Calloway, Sophie Tucker, Mildred Bailey,
Slim Gaillard and the Barton Brothers. The
jocularity and swing-jazz vibe in the tracks have a
big stage personality and presage a trend for
Yiddish/klezmer accents to modernize songs that
have laid dormant for years. Paul Shapiro was just
the guy to do it.
The album goes back to 40s jazz with numbers like
揗ama Goes Where Papa Goes,?which is beautifully
tailored to Cillia Owens?husky vocal timbres with
a likeness to the lush moans of Sarah Vaughan, and
揙y Veys Mir,?delivered fabulously by singer Babi
Floyd. The rhythm section in these tunes make you
want to join in the revelry on stage. Comprising of
pianist Brian Mitchell, bassist Booker King and
drummer Tony Lewis, the jumps in the rhythmic
grooves move from a sultry, swing-blues slugging to
flamboyant rollicking shakes. The horn section of
Shapiro on saxophone, Steven Bernstein and Frank
London on trumpet and Doug Wieselman on clarinet
have vibrant klezmer-flange and soulful-blues
shadings. The upbeat klezmer jive of 揇unkin Bagel?
induces laughter while the Yiddish-soul laden licks
of 揢tt-Da-Zay?feel like a funeral service with a
theatre-cabaret style. The dazzling breadth of the
piano keys on 揢tt-Da-Zay?are brilliantly scrolled
and turn to a snazzy bebop throttle along 揂 Bissel
Bop.?
Maybe the most impressive track on the album is the
first cone 揈ssen,?which is a massive collage of
Yiddish swing, theatre-cabaret, gypsy-punk and
hip-hop thrusts. What 揃ohemian Rhapsody?is to
Queen, 揈ssen?is to Paul Shapiro. He seams various
music styles and forms a saucy cohesive storyline.
The entwining patterns are a great challenge that
takes the mind of a genius. Though 揈ssen?is the
only song of its kind on the album, it is enough to
bring together music from different cultures and
maybe even its people.
Shapiro calls his sonic collage an 揂fro-Semitic
mish-mash,?as he revives 40s Jewish-tinged jazz
that became a staple in the repertoire of black
jazz singers, such as Billy Eckstine, Eartha Kitt
and Sammy Davis Jr. Essen is a look at what was in
the heart of Shapiro抯 Ribs And Brisket Revue,
which he performed with his band in the basement of
Cornelia Street Cafe' in New York City. Shapiro抯
music pays homage to the sacred musical traditions
of Jewish heritage while exhibiting true Jackie
Mason tact. Shapiro injects spurts of laughter into
the music because what would life be without those
moments of happiness?
1. Essen
2. My Little Cousin
3. Utt-Da-Zay
4. A Bee Gezindt
5. Oy Veys Mir
6. Mama Goes Where Papa Goes
7. Dunkin' Bagel
8. Tzouris
9. Matzoh Balls
10. A Bissel Bop |
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