Title Of Album: Vertical Vision
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Warner Bros
Genre: Jazz
Format: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 48:52
Total Size: 380 MB(+3%)
Artist: Christian McBride
Title Of Album: Vertical Vision
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Warner Bros
Genre: Jazz
Format: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork
Quality: Lossless
Total Time: 48:52
Total Size: 380 MB(+3%)
Tracklist
01 — Circa 1990
02 — Technicolor Nightmare
03 — Tahitian Pearl
04 — The Wizard Of Montara
05 — The Ballad Of Little Girl Dancer
06 — Lejos De Usted
07 — Precious One
08 — Song For Maya
09 — Boogie Woogie Waltz
personnel :
Christian McBride — acoustic bass, electric bass
Daniel Sadownick — percussion
Ron Blake — flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Terreon Gully — drums
David Gilmore — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Geoff Keezer — piano, keyboards
The celebrated jazz educator, master bassist, composer, and
arranger, Christian McBride provides a new recording, told in a
language of blazing originality. Vertical Vision is a multi-layered
musical story that features beautiful solos, great grooves, funky
riffs, and virtuosic performances by each bandmember. The recording
also reveals McBride’s passion for strong writing, brilliant
accompaniment, and eclectic melodic voicings that stay with
listeners long after the record ends. On this, his debut for Warner
Brothers Jazz, McBride creates a dazzling weave of passionate
rhythms, musical forms, and bass voicings with his longtime
bandmate Ron Blake on saxophones and flute. Geoff Keezer on piano
and keyboards, Terreon Gully on drums, David Gilmore on both
acoustic and electric guitars, and Danny Sadownick on percussion
add their flavorful interpretations, which elevate their
performances to another level at each subsequent listen. The songs
were inspired by and reflect a variety of subjects including the
beautiful original «Song for Maya,» which is played superbly by the
ensemble and features the splendid flute work of Ron Blake. It is
the most beautiful of all and the one that makes its way, like the
family it has come to represent, into your heart. «Lejos de Usted»
— which is filled with beautiful horn voices and the vertical
visions of McBride on acoustic bass — is overflowing with Latin
nuance and it is there, melding the borders between jazz and Latin
rhythms. Top picks: «Technicolor Nightmare,»»Tahitian Pearl,» «Song
for Maya,» and «Boogie Woogie Waltz.» Overall, Vertical Vision is a
masterpiece that is beautiful, spirited, brimming with energy, and
meets the same high standards set and achieved on Sci-Fi. ~ Paula
Edelstein