Wayne Shorter's Atlantis
Each song on this album is teeming with so much life. One absolutely must listen over and over and over to taste all the inner story lines. Every time, I hear a new line, a new melody, a new character.
Milton Nascimento's Minas
I like all the experimentation on this record—with song forms, with arrangements, with sounds. Milton seems to be channeling a lot of Beatles, and he takes the African musical influences from bluesy sixties rock and Brazilian folk music and has them form a perfect symbiosis. When I’m reaching for something a little out of bounds in my own writing, when I’m in a period of unease, this record inspires me.
Betty Carter's The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
Ms. Carter adds more pages to the singers' bible. These are amazingly original interpretations of the American Songbook. And while the arrangements themselves might not sound revolutionary to the modern ear, Ms. Carter's way of singing is free of its time.
Juan Falú and Liliana Herrero's Leguizamón - Castilla
Cuchi Leguizamón is my king of melody, and Liliana Herrero channels the storytelling power of the sage. She and Falú radiate tremendous beauty and sincerity. I feel this record in my bones and blood even stronger than I enjoy it for its aesthetic beauty.
Jack DeJohnette's Music for the Fifth World
Put this record in your stereo, turn the speakers to full volume, look at the cover, and press play. I don't know what "the Fifth World" is, but this music is definitely divined from another planet. It sounds like the superhuman characters from dream thoughts realized through music.
via vulture
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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