(Contemporary Jazz) The Impossible Gentlemen (Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum) - The Impossible Gentlemen - 2011, MP3, 320 kbps

The Impossible Gentlemen / The Impossible Gentlemen Жанр: Contemporary Jazz Страна: UK/US Год издания: 2011 Аудиокодек: MP3 Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Продолжительность: 1:03:00 Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да Треклист: 1. Laugh Lines 2. Clockmaker 3. When You Hold Her 4. You Won't Be Around To See It 5. Wallenda's Last Stand 6. Gwil's Song 7. Play The Game 8. Sure Would Baby http://www.impossiblegentlemen.com/   Об исполнителе (группе) Born from a 2009 collaboration between Manchester-based guitarist Mike Walker and US drummer Adam Nussbaum, this US/UK 'supergroup' is completed by Nussbaum's longtime rhythm-section partner, bassist Steve Swallow, and UK pianist Gwilym Simcock. As a band, playing compositions provided mainly by Walker and Simcock (though Nussbaum provides a slinky closer, 'Sure Would Baby'), they produce music that not only reflects the peerless skills of the individual participants, but also gels in a manner that results only when that mysterious process, 'bonding', has taken place. Walker, of course, has been that somewhat oxymoronic phenomenon, a 'well-kept secret', in UK jazz circles for a couple of decades, and his supremely accomplished playing, drawing on his extraordinary knack of selecting precisely the right guitar texture and timbre for each piece, his resourcefulness, power and feeling, lights up this album from start (a joyous hurtle, 'Laugh Lines', ornamented by swiftly swapped solos from Simcock, Walker and Swallow) to finish (the aforementioned Nussbaum composition). Simcock, too, is excellent in both accompanying and mellifluous but vigorous soloing roles, and with Swallow simply his flawless self throughout – delicately insistent in his meshing with the dexterous Nussbaum, deft and eloquent in his solos – this is a classy, elegant but punchily accessible album, and a great appetiser not only for their forthcoming June UK tour, but also their London Jazz Festival appearance in November.     Состав Gwilym Simcock - Piano Mike Walker - Guitar Steve Swallow - Bass Adam Nussbaum - Drums