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JACK GATES - BOULEVARD (2006)

Afro Brazilian Jazz solo acoustic nylon string guitar

JACK GATES - BOULEVARD (2006)

1-Boulevard
2. Berimbau
3. Echo Choro
4. Nardis
5. Triste
6. Night & Day
7. Cafe
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Review by Fabrizio Ciccarelli for WWW.VINILEMANIA.NET

Composer and guitarist, Jack Gates publishes a cd for single guitar: 5 are the original compositions, one sixth written with his wife Sharyl (painter of refined sensitivity) and 8 propositions of some of the most significant tracks on the contemporary musical panorama.

Without resorting to effects of any type, we the listener, are invited into its almost live, wide and nearly harmonious atmospheres, marked with melodic voyages that, with coherence, pass from the Brazilian to the Latin, Hispanic to jazz and even to pop (intensive, in such a sense, the execution of "Yesterday"), in line with a stylistic wisdom, that also moves with a great level of agility, he passes from the melodic to the finger-picking, crossing extraordinary pentagrammic lines ("Naima" by Coltrane, "Nardis" by Miles Davis, "Night and Day" by Cole Porter), strange for the skill with which he reveals with a level of un-common mastery of this instrument, creating intense, emotional, yet original moments, spacing with colorful intelligence the style and his sensibility to speed.

It's is a virtuosic and strongly expressive step – so much perhaps that it is sometimes stylistically skipped over- but always elegant and affable, serene and admirable. Jack is an artist of certain conceptual sensitivity, of remarkable talent, brave in facing tracks like "Naima" (indeed interesting the logical thread and the re-reading of their masterpiece by Coltrane!) or "Berimbau" (magnificent evergreen from Baden Powell) in light and in an exemplary way, much more if you bare in mind that it has been produced with just an acoustic guitar using nylon strings....

The more closely executed jazz leads are bought with a greater level of soft savoir faire through acoustical landscapes painted with pastel colors, one could say, a velvet atmosphere with a conscious test of stylistic equilibrium, the fact that Jack has a deep understanding in the traditions of the jazz guitar and, at the same time, a singing sweetheart from the Samba and Bossa Nova, in virtue of its both eclectic and clear musical language, distinguished from a completely natural inclination towards the "acquaintance of the world”.

 

Recensione di Fabrizio Ciccarelli per WWW.VINILEMANIA.NET

Compositore e chitarrista, Jack Gates pubblica un cd per sola chitarra: 5 sono le composizioni originali, una sesta scritta con la moglie Sharyl (pittrice di sensibilità raffinata) e 8 riproposizioni di brani fra i più significativi nel panorama musicale contemporaneo.

Senza ricorrere ad effetti d’alcun tipo, invita l’ascoltatore nelle sue atmosfere quasi live, ampie ed armoniose, segnate da percorsi melodici che, con coerenza, trascorrono dal brasiliano al Latin, dall’ispanico al jazz e perfino al pop (intensa, in tal senso, l’esecuzione di “Yesterday”), secondo una sapienza stilistica che con agilità passa dal melodico all’elegiaco, attraversando pentagrammi straordinari (“Naima” di Coltrane, “Nardis”di Miles Davis, “Night and Day” di Cole Porter), sorprendendo per la perizia con la quale rivela una non comune padronanza dello strumento, creando istanti emotivamente intensi ed originali, spaziando con intelligenza e disinvoltura  nelle coloriture e nelle timbriche.

Il suo è un passo virtuosistico e fortemente espressivo – forse talora stilisticamente patinato – ma sempre elegante e affabile, sereno ed amabile. Jack è un artista di indubbia sensibilità concettuale, di notevole talento, coraggioso nell’affrontare brani come “Naima” (davvero interessante la rilettura filologica del capolavoro di Coltrane!) o “Berimbau” (magnifico evergreen di Baden Powell) in modo lieve ed esemplare, tanto più se si tiene conto che lo fa con una chitarra acustica con corde di nylon e basta….

Le esecuzioni più strettamente jazzistiche conducono con morbido savoir faire attraverso paesaggi sonori dai colori pastello, potremmo dire, atmosfere vellutate e di saggio equilibrio stilistico, perché Jack è un profondo conoscitore della tradizione della jazz guitar e, allo stesso tempo, un innamorato cantore del Samba e della Bossa Nova, in virtù del suo eclettico e nitido linguaggio musicale, distinto da una naturale inclinazione verso la “conoscenza del mondo.

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