Жанр: World Fusion, Modern Creative Год издания: 2006 Издатель (лейбл): American Clavé Номер по каталогу: AMCL 1052/53 Страна: USA Продолжительность: 00:50:38+00:41:55 CD1: 1.Mo Ku Lana, Mo Jinde Loni 2.Conjuring a Calm Between Wars 3.On a War Such Things Happen 4.He Picked a Fight With the Haitians 5.For Dancer 6.Bad Mouth 7.Tokyo Woman Blues. CD2: 1.Go to Jazz 2.Louisiana Red 3.At the Azabu Cafe 4.medley: Jack Johnson/Skirt Dance 5.Prayer to Earth.
Kip Hanrahan (Composer/producer/vocals/director), Ishmael Reed (Composer/recitation), David Murray (tenor sax), Yosvanni Terry (alto sax), Billy Bang (Violin), Anthony Cox (Electric Bass), Robby Ameen (Drums), Richie Flores (Conga), Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez (Drums), Leo Nocentelli (Composer/electric guitar), Fernando Saunders (Electric Bass/composer/vocals), Alvin Youngblood Hart (Composer/electric guitar/vocals), Pedro Martinez (Percussion/conga/vocals), Dafnis Prieto (Drums).
This double CD foregrounds the words of poet Ishmael Reed, accompanied by grooves and tunes assembled by producer Kip Hanrahan, using what amounts to an American Clave house band. Horacio el Negro Hernandez, Robby Ameen, Billy Bang and Fernando Saunders, Anthony Cox, David Murray and others contribute intense Latin-funk riffs, tunes and atmospheres that underscore Reed's poetry, which is by turns coruscating, moving, tender, explosive and political. However, it is Hanrahan's personal, hands-on method of shaping this material that gives the album its musical and artistic cohesion.
The centrepiece track is In War Such Things Happen, in which Reed lists the consequences of present-day war and terrorism from all sides, telling plainly how easily outrages can be justified. "You killed secretaries, dishwashers, janitors, busboys, dishwashers, civil servants and when we asked you why, you said, 'Well, this is a war, and in a war such things happen.'" Three numbers in, this is a hard track to follow, and some of the lesser pieces go on a tad too long. Had this been a single CD, it would have merited five stars. Nevertheless, it's a stunning album. by John L Walters