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The music of Djavan

Lori Bell*
Discs: Jazz / MPB

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Seal	Resonance
Style	Jazz / MPB
Original Edition Year	2008
Instrumental

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Lori Bell (flautas, arreglos)

Tamir Hendelman (piano, arreglos), David Enos (contrabajo, bajo eléctrico), Enzo Todesco (batería), Anna Gazolla (percusión, voz), Angelo Metz (guitarra), Kuno Schmid (orquestaciones).

Edición en formato Digipack.

Excelente disco dedicado a la música de Djavan de la versátil flautista (también pianista) y compositora estadounidense Lori Joy Bell (Brooklyn, Nueva York, 1958), residente en San Diego (California) desde la infancia.

No es muy habitual escuchar discos de jazz completos con la flauta como instrumento solista (tiene algunas limitaciones de timbre) y menos aún dedicados a la obra de un autor no específicamente de jazz, pero la primera fase de la carrera de Djavan (segunda mitad de los 70 y primeros 80) posee tal originalidad y riqueza melódica y armónica que ha sido fuente de inspiración de la que han bebido innumerables músicos de jazz y pop. También esta flautista llena de ideas, de dulce sonido, de fraseo fluido y firme y enorme brio, que se mueve entre el jazz y la música clásica de cámara, que ya habia mostrado especial interés hacia la MPB desde el inicio de su carrera profesional (su segundo disco fue "Take Me To Brazil" (1989) con el pianista Dave Mackay).

Espléndido acompañamiento, con mención especial para el pianista israelí Tamir Hendelman.

"Ms. Bell plays with confidence and taste, with a proclivity toward the more subtle means of emotional expression. Her playing inherently has a many-layered depth that reveals a more meaningful art. She renders ballads with exceptional sensitivity while bringing wonderful nuances to swing and be-bop, which she plays with power, agility and a natural élan. Her phrasing, evocative of birds, shows the strong influence of Eric Dolphy, yet is rendered with such purity of tone and range of timbre that it is clearly of a different ornithology." German Berrellez (musicólogo, historiador y crítico de jazz y músca clásica)

”The flute takes on warm characteristics in the hands of Lori Bell. She makes this happen with her wide range of improvising skills and her melodious tonality.” Cadence Magazine

“Bell's playing on C flute and the lower, darker-sounding alto flute is gorgeous, filled with light and air on ballads. Briskly inventive on her bop tinged improvisations.” Los Angeles Times

"A tribute record can be an interesting way to discover an artist -especially one with such a lengthy career, gone previously unnoticed.
Most of the material by phenomenal flautist Lori Bell on The Music of Djavan is originally from the 70s, and here she takes a look at the Brazilian singer-songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Al Jarreau and Carmen McRae. In 2000, Djavan won a Grammy for Best Brazilian Song at the first Latin Grammy Awards. Leaving enough space for other instruments (besides the flute) ensures the funk-fueled back beat stays strong during most of this recording. Bell is not given extended solo time and the overall sound she creates does not drift carelessly into space (as too much flute can sometimes do in jazz). All but one of the tracks features instrumental music (...) With a flurry of flute and a peppering of piano, "Serrado" sounds like a natural soundtrack to a smoky 70s film. By the mid-point of the CD, any thoughts of wishing Bell was a saxophonist have been cast aside. Purists may struggle with the flute out in front, but interestingly, her transition from what might be expected out of a smooth jazz sound, into free-jazz/funk territory, is fresh. "Obi," a particularly positive samba, features piano and flute solos separately. It is when these two players join together that the song finally blasts off, prematurely fading away in conclusion, just when the free falling flute and punishing piano were gleefully losing control. "Canto da Lyra (Song of the Lyre)" finds the band catching a serious groove, maintaining the funky feel and unloading the album's catchiest moments. Unnecessarily wandering over the seven minute mark on a couple of tracks and including orchestral arrangements on others can be distracting between moments of such an upbeat nature. Only the classical material feels out of place in an otherwise brilliant piece of discovery for jazz explorers." Brian Gall (Allaboutjazz.com, 26.11.2008)

Themes

CD 1

Jogral
Djavan