Brian Blade Fellowship: Perceptual (Blue Note 2435-23571-2).Brian Blade Brian Blade (born 1970 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American jazz drummer and composer. Blade made his first appearances as a sideman with pianist Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman and continued to work as a sideman with other musicians commonly known as "young lions. Fellowship: Perceptual (Blue Note 2435-23571-2) This music takes time to grow on you. Even though it has plenty of energy, it is subtle; you start off expecting something hard and driving, with something of a rock and roll sensibility, but the more you listen, the more you realize that the model for this music is not rock and roll, but rather the sophisticated big band sound of Duke Ellington. The instrumentation, however, gives the musicians a much different color palette Also called a "color lookup table," "lookup table," "index map," "color table" or "color map," it is a commonly used method for saving file space when creating 8-bit color images. than the one used by Ellington: Melvin Butler on tenor and soprano saxophones; Jon Cowherd on keyboards; Dave Easley on pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. The pedal steel is placed horizontally on a stand, with the strings facing up towards the player, and is typically plucked ; Christopher Thomas Christopher Yancy Thomas (March 24, 1818 – February 11, 1879) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. Born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Thomas attended the common schools as a child and went on to graduate from a private academy in 1838. on bass; Myron Walden on alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The alto is the third smallest of the saxophone family, which consists of ten sizes of saxophone (see saxophone). and bass clarinet; and Brian Blade on drums, acoustic guitar, and voice. Guest artists Daniel Lanois (guitar) and Joni Mitchell (vocals) also contribute. The net result is amazingly tight music that just flows. You can tell that these guys play together often, and that they really enjoy what they are doing. There are no obvious solo moments, as all the music seems to come from the group. To call this band a "fellowship" seems entirely appropriate, as everyone seems to contribute on an equal level. If you enjoy well-crafted jazz of serious purpose, then this is a recording that you really ought to hear. --KWN |
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