Gives you Now vs Now

CD album.

Nära nyskick. CD, Anzic ANZ-4102 (2009 / 2009). Pianisten Jason Lindner uppmärksammades på 1990-talet för det storband han ledde i New York. Här hörs han i ett helt annat sammanhang, något han kallar "exploratory electro-groove". Själv spelar han diverse keyboards och har Panagiotis Andreou b & Mark Guiliana dr som medspelare. Lägg därtill en skara gästartister. Utvikningskonvolut av papp."The ever restless keyboardist Jason Lindner is at it again with another project far different than his previous big-band or small group efforts. In tandem with co-conspirators Mark Guiliana on drums and bassist Panagiotis Andreou also doing poetry and spoken word expressions, Lindner presents contemporary music that hearkens back to the M-Base concept of 20 years prior, but brings it into the future kicking and screaming. The music, dubbed exploratory electro-groove, has its funky, black bottom base, yet glistens with glee amidst the electric instruments Lindner wields with an improvisers spirit at his core. He's still quite fond of the Fender Rhodes electric piano, but also incorporates '70s-type synthesizers, quirky time signatures, and rhythm changes that suggest ghetto-blasted themes alongside the most progressive or techno-styled facades. The crew of guest stars added to the basic trio shows great diversity in textures and approaches; trumpeter Avishai Cohen, electric bass guitarist/vocalist/producer Me'Shell Ndegéocello, vocalist Claudia Acuña, percussionists Pedrito Martinez and Yosvany Terry, tenor saxophonist Anat Cohen, and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel -- a true melting pot of all-star instrumentalists....on the Rhodes, what he has constructed to surround that sound is very busy, dense, and updated to the point of it being a nu jazz that stands alone among his peer group keyboardists. This recording should appeal to the rave-up youth market, Gen-X'ers who enjoy hip-hop with meatier instrumentals, and baby boomers who still love their jazz fusion." (Michael G Nastos, allmusic.com)10 spår; speltid 48:56. Begagnad .