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The new Carli
Muñoz' Cd with Eddie Gómez
Both
sides now: A deep encounter of two worlds
Carli and Eddie performing during the Cd
Release
“I
think you will be impressed by Carli Muñoz too”. With these
words,Eddie Gómez, the recognized jazz bass player, introduced
this talented puertorrican pianist's second Cd.
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By Rossana
Noviello.
In
this production, Carli Muñoz exposes his exquisite sensibility
and creativity that are a reflection of his contemplative world,
along with veteran Gómez. Muñoz' world comprehends
a conjunction of the thought and the expression, of the practical
world and the sublime world. This Cd also features Jeremy Steig
(Flute) and Joe Chambers (drums), as guest artists.
An encounter
oriented on the line of lyricism –as Muñoz explains-
is the frame of Both sides now, a production featuring
nine tunes in a post- bop fashion. Among them you can
listen to american and latin standards along with original Muñoz'
compositions. Throughout Gómez and Muñoz' intense
improvisations you will experience a sense of continuous melodic
development without exaggerate virtuossism, reaching a delicate
overlapping of the jazz language and classic elements.
As
long as she needs me (L. Bart) and Be my love
( N. Brodszky and S. Cahn) are tunes that have been little
explored in the jazz style, and the versions that Muñoz and
Gómez made of these could easily become classics. Joni Mitchell's
Both sides now and Brian Wilson's Surfer
Girl, both representatives of the pop 60's style, have
been translated to the jazz language in a trio format.
The Cd cover that represents
the two faces of a master production
The interpretation
of Both sides now –tune that entitles the Cd-
is a perfect example of the sublime encounter between two worlds:
the occidental, seen in the use of the jazz trio format and the
oriental, which is represented in the treatment of the melody, that
floats over an oriental cadency bringing a meditative -almost hypnotic-
atmosphere. Pay attention to Gómez' overlapping bass improvisation,
intertwine with Carli's solo, and to the rhythm fusion of oriental
elements as the Hindu Raga and puertorrican elements as Sicá
rhythm, the most popular Puertorrican Bomba variation .
Bésame
mucho (Consuelo Velásquez) and Te extraño
(Armando Manzanero) are the two latin standards included
in the tune list; the first one leaves its original bolero style
to become a faster beat piece with a changing rhythmic feel that
flows from latin funk and swing , while the second
one has been treated as a straight ahead jazz tune.
Remember
Bill , Muñoz' original composition, is a tune that
flows spontaneously between the quartet with Joe Chambers and Jeremy
Steig –who also recorded along with Bill Evans- “When I conceived
the melody and the harmonic sequence I had Bill in mind and with
Gómez –Evans' ex bass player- in the scene the idea got its
final shape”, said Muñoz, whose Evans influence is evident.
The other
two Muñoz' original compositions in this Cd are: Three
little steps to heaven and The morning after.
With an extremely simple and minimalist melody that is
identically transposed in three tonal centers, Three little
steps to heaven opens the Cd and establish the symbiotic
dynamic that occurs during the dialog between Muñoz and Gómez.
In the Morning after with its reflexive and introspective
melody, the encounter becomes more tangible through the -almost
conversational- alternated solos.
Humanly speaking, this production
is truly an expression of what “giving” means to Muñoz, as
he commented: “music is a gift that you transmit to others”. That
is the reason why this Cd is a manifestation of Muñoz' inner
world that finds its way out in his magnificent technique reached
throughout his years of musical immersion. With no doubt, Both
sides now represents the deep encounter of two worlds.
Muñoz and Gómez take us into a journey throughout
this encounter where musical expertise and sensibility set the conversation
between both artists with a well-polished use of the jazz language.
01/13/04
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