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ELLIOTT CAINE QUINTET - BLUES FROM MARS (2006)

The newest recording, "Blues From Mars", features some of the best musicians in Los Angeles with guest appearances by Justo Almario on tenor sax, D.J. Bonebrake on vibes, and Munyungo Jackson on percussion. Elliott's two previous releases "Orientaion" and "Le Supercool" were met with glowing reviews and elevated his appearances on the Los Angeles jazz scene. "Blues From Mars" is now set to bring the Elliott Caine Quintet to an exciting new level

Elliott Caine (trumpet, flugelhorn)

Justo Almario (tenor saxophone)

Michael Rose (baritone saxophone)

John Rangel (piano)

Bill Markus (bass, electric bass)

Kenny Elliott (drums)

Muyungo Jackson (congas)

Carl Randall (tenor saxophone)

Antoine Cayito Dearborn (congas)

DJ Brakebone (vibraphone)

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Innocente Alvarez (congas)

ELLIOTT CAINE - BLUES FROM MARS (2006)

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Review by Fabrizio Ciccarelli per VINILEMANIA.NET

Animated from an obvious verve and an inventiveness and fiery enough to appear sometimes a little too uninterested to the structural cure of his piece, "Blues from Mars" is the third album from Elliott Caine

The first two albums have imposed this talent in the setting of the better mainstream from that other ocean, that Californian one, wrapped and precious from the brilliance of a chromatic Latin jazz, it would seem to reveal the choice of the band leader from a rhythmic style in which often they appear, in the course of the proposed music, the congas sound therefore like they have a warmly, sonorous, Caribbean taste. 

Also in this test between afro and Caribbean with, as much vigor, comes through a design of sonorous carpets on which Elliott, like the tenor sax of Carl Randall, and the vibraphonist DJ Bonebrake, take us on an optimal interplay, they weave harmonic atmosphere, evocative alchemies, not unlike strangers - and yet it can be surprising- to the Blue Note styles of the '60’s, while it seems to send back the other great musicians with which they have realized the cd. 

The spontaneous spirit of the musician can transform in an instant between being a bit wild, in impacts that seem somehow postbop but yet in that same moment seem like he is quite nearly not able to dominate. At the first listen it could appear, to be a lack of "control" in improvising or quite in devising the same tune. In truth, and to which I write this, the vocalizing effects of the average pistons game and of the of the glissandi, like in the precision in the recording of the sovracuto, results in the fruition for the search of the essentiality of the sound, like in the impetuousness and the well defined "La verdad es la verdad". 

This work does not shave connotations from a fury of rhythmic and shining solos but it seems to demonstrate, in as much as the bugle player considers important, more of a continuous increase than the iterance to the infinite "dramatic turn of events" of great effect and par, imaginably being taken on the public. 

It is here then that it can be cultured, from the composition side, one inventive reasoning. 

An accurate organization of the ensemble, without that, never even the single ones lose out in spontaneity, provoking in who listens, the tried emotion, more times in the phrasing of a Clifford Brown, a Fats Navarro or, more intuitably, in the restless and magnificent creativity of a certain Lee Morgan, one of those instrumentalists that in the use of the bugle realized a voice characterizes them, unrepeatable and inimitable. 

Elliott appears aware of the debtor, and for this we experience sudden rhythmic start as well as the variety of his speed and sensitivity for which the trumpeter of Philadelphia still, as of today, is known to be the master of, and that is synthesized in "The Sidewinder" picking up notoriety and interest from the American critics. Morgan died at the age of 33, killed by one of his former lovers in front of one of the venues he used to play in. He died as he had lived. This episode left it’s mark on the public who elected him the eternal figure of the restless and "cursed" artist. Elliott does not forget to remember him in the stylistic contrasts he shares with his saxophone players, in the expressive deepness of its jazziness, in the elegant passion of his Blue Note  "touch, yes, it is personal, and to feel it, is a profoundly deep introspective.  

It is therefore worth paying attention to this talent of ours that will hopefully be able to still offer something else in the future, with also the hope that in Europe he still has yet to perform, if these are the debuts then...

Recensione di Fabrizio Ciccarelli per VINILEMANIA.NET

Animato da un’evidente verve e da un’inventiva tanto pirotecnica da apparire talvolta quasi poco interessata alla cura strutturale del brano, “Blues from Mars” è il terzo album di Elliott Caine.

I primi due ne hanno imposto il talento nell’àmbito del miglior mainstream d’oltreoceano, quello californiano, avvolto ed impreziosito dalla brillantezza cromatica del Latin jazz, come sembrerebbe rivelare la scelta del band leader di una ritmica in cui spesso compaiono, nel corso della musica proposta, le congas così come andamenti sonori di sapore caldamente caraibico.

Anche in questa prova l’afro ed il Caribe scanditi con tanto vigore disegnano tappeti sonori su cui Elliott così come il tenorsassofonista Carl Randall ed il vibrafonista DJ Bonebrake, in ottimo interplay, tessono alchimie armoniche di suggestiva atmosfera, tutt’altro che estranea – e ciò può sorprendere – allo stile Blue Note degli anni ’60, cui del resto sembrano rimandare tutti i bravissimi musicisti con cui egli ha realizzato il cd.

La spontaneità dello spirito del musicista talora può tradursi in un’istintività un po’ selvaggia, in impatti emozionali postbop che egli stesso sembra quasi non poter dominare. Ad un primo ascolto ciò potrebbe apparire, mancanza di “controllo” nell’improvvisare o addirittura nell’ideare il brano stesso. In realtà, a parere di chi scrive, gli effetti vocalizzanti del gioco dei mezzi pistoni e dei glissandi, così come la precisione nel registro sovracuto risultano frutto di ricerca dell’essenzialità del suono, come nell’irruenza e nel nitore di “La verdad es la verdad”.

L’opera è non di rado connotata da un furore ritmico e da assoli brillantissimi che paiono dimostrare

quanto il trombettista consideri importante più una propria crescita continua che l’iterazione all’infinito di “colpi di scena” di grande effetto e pari, immaginabile, presa sul pubblico.

Ecco allora che può essere colta, dal lato compositivo, una raziocinante inventiva,

un’organizzazione dell’ensemble molto accurata, senza che mai i soli perdano in spontaneità, suscitando in chi ascolta l’emozione provata più volte nei fraseggi di un Clifford Brown, di un Fats Navarro o, come più intuibile, nell’inquieta e magnifica creatività di un Lee Morgan, uno di quegli strumentisti che nell’uso della tromba realizzò una voce individuale, irripetibile ed inimitabile.

Elliott appare coscientemente debitore tanto all’impeto ritmico quanto alla varietà timbrica di cui il trombettista di Philadelphia è ancor oggi maestro, e che sintetizzò in “The Sidewinder” cogliendo quasi alla sprovvista la critica americana. Morgan morì a 33 anni, ucciso a revolverate da una sua ex amante, di fronte al locale in cui si esibiva. Morì come aveva vissuto. La vicenda impressionò il pubblico che lo elesse a figura eterna d’artista inquieto e “maledetto”. Elliott non manca di ricordarlo nei contrasti stilistici con i suoi sassofonisti, nella profonda espressività della sua sintassi jazzistica, nell’eleganza passionale del suo “tocco” Blue Note sì, ma così personale e, a ben sentire, profondamente introspettivo.

Varrà dunque la pena prestare attenzione a ciò che il talento del nostro potrà ancora offrire in futuro, augurandoci che anche in Europa abbia egli la volontà di esibirsi, se questi sono gli esordi…

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