(Jazz/Fusion) Carlos Bica & Azul - Things About - 2011, WEB, FLAC (tracks), lossless

THINGS ABOUT CARLOS BICA & AZUL Жанр: Jazz/Fusion Год издания диска: Nov. 2011 Издатель (лейбл): Clean Feed Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 56:38 Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: front Источник (релизер): WEB (я)1. Say A Wish 2. Things About 3. Elle M'a Dit 4. Horses 5. Canção Vazia 6. Vale 7. Since Felling Is First 8. 2011 9. Flow 10. Deixa Pra Lá 11. Sonho De Uma Manhã De OutunoAZUL: Carlos Bica (bass) Frank Möbus (electric guitar) Jim Black (drums, percussion)  Лог Audiochecker AUDIOCHECKER v2.0 beta (build 457) - by Dester - opdester@freemail.hu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Started at: воскресенье, 19. 02. 2012. - 1:24.1611 files found01 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\01 - Say A Wish.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.02 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\02 - Things About.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 99% Tempfile successfully deleted.03 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\03 - Elle M'a Dit.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 99% Tempfile successfully deleted.04 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\04 - Horses.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.05 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\05 - Cancao Vazia.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.06 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\06 - Vale.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.07 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\07 - Since Felling Is First.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.08 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\08 - 2011.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.09 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\09 - Flow.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.10 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\10 - Deixa Pra La.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.11 -===- C:\Users\пользователь\DoctorWeb\Desktop\Carlos_Bica_Azul-Things_About\11 - Sonho De Uma Manha De Outuno.flac Extracted successfully Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 100% Tempfile successfully deleted.Finished at: воскресенье, 19. 02. 2012. - 1:31.18 (operation time: 0:07.01)  ReviewsThe fifth album by Carlos Bica’s Azul, the double bassist and composer’s trio with the colourful guitarist Frank Möbus and the drummer extraordinaire Jim Black, is a brilliant new step of a singular project started in 1996. And singular because of the unusual mix of elements that, once more, we find in “Things About”: indie jazz fed by the energy and the unquiet pulse of rock, with song formats coming from pop and the lyrical, melancholic emotionality typical of the Portuguese folk music. This combination of ingredients explain the global success of this formula, and the new opus shows us that the project Azul has more to offer 15 years after their record debut. In each edition the band seems to reborn, and after “Believer”, from 2006, here are Bica, Möbus and Black again, with fresh ideas, a renovated drive and a deeper poetic feeling. Bravo!I have to admit, I knew pretty much nothing about Carlos Bica until a few weeks ago. And then to find out this trio has been around for two decades made me feel pretty silly. But somehow Bica's Azul trio's new album, Things About (Clean Feed) really hit me. An album with a real sense of emotion and elegance that brims from the group's lyrical structure. It's unassuming at first, but as the disc moves forwards you begin to get sucked into the lovely tonal nature that each musician has created. "Things About" feels like something America indie group, Low could have drawn up. It's a gentle midtempo piece that floats between folk, rock and jazz. Written by Bica and Mobus, who also share some beautiful interplay throughout the piece. Black adds soft touches as needed but also steps up the beat towards the end, giving the track some additional force. There are times when Things About feels like the great trio records made by Gateway (John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette). More for the mellow passages of the aforementioned than their uptempo fusion tracks. "Cancao Vazia" is one of those moments. A gentle piece that has traditional Portuguese qualities but also a sense of longing and adventure. Bica's bass wraps around you like a warm blanket. It's slow maneuvering but without this pace you can't fully digest the beauty of the material. "2011" has a few distinct time signatures that help shift this piece beyond the normal jazz trio. It's rich with harmonics and patterns that definitely feel like an avant rock piece. Black and Bica change direction and improvise with real muscle, which also challenges the textured force of Mobus' performance. With "Sonho De Uma Manha De Outono" I may be again reminded of Gateway, only slightly. Bica delivers a well focused closing number that moves softly but embodies a number of different structured notes. Maybe it was the time of day. Maybe it was the music I was listening to prior to this. Or maybe it was just the right time. But Things About is a quiet and richly diverse work that settled in after the first spin. For this newcomer to Carlos Bica, I have been completely blown away. I hope you are too. Highly Recommended.  Инфо "Азул" это собственно общее название трио Карлоса Бики, куда помимо него самого входят немецкий гитарист Франк Мёбус и известный американский ударник Джим Блэк. И это пятый диск коллектива (первый вышел в свет в 1996). Бика родился 11 июля 1958 года в Лиссабоне (Португалия), в юные годы увлекся игрой на контрабасе, учился в Academia dos Amadores de Musica в Эшториле, а после переезда в Германию, где живет и поныне, в Hochschule für Musik (г. Вюрцбург). Писал музыку для театральных постановок, долгое время гастролировал с португальской певицей Марией Жоао, кроме этого выступал и записывался с Ray Anderson, Kenny Wheeler, Aki Takase, Paolo Fresu, Lee Konitz, Mário Laginha, Ana Brandão, Alexander von Schlippenbach и др. В 1998 году Карлос Бика был назван музыкантом года в Португалии, за альбом "Matéria-Primа" (2010) был награжден Carlos Paredes Prize 2011.