Yellowjackets – A Rise In The Road

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Yellowjackets – A Rise In The Road
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Artist……………: Yellowjackets
Album…………….: A Rise In The Road
Genre…………….: Jazz
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 2013
Ripper……………: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode)
Codec…………….: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version…………..: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 64 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags……………..: VorbisComment
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Ripped by…………: Gromilo on 6/17/2013
Posted by…………: AJ Productions on 6/19/2013
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Included………….: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers……………: Front Back CD

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Tracklisting
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1. Yellowjackets – When The Lady Dances [05:07]
2. Yellowjackets – Civil War [05:47]
3. Yellowjackets – Can’t We Elope [05:27]
4. Yellowjackets – An Informed Decision [06:29]
5. Yellowjackets – Longing [07:17]
6. Yellowjackets – Thank You [05:46]
7. Yellowjackets – Madrugada [05:08]
8. Yellowjackets – An Amber Shade of Blue [06:57]
9. Yellowjackets – (You’ll Know) When It’s Time [04:52]
10. Yellowjackets – I Knew His Father [04:52]

The Players
Ambrose Akinmusire – Trumpet
Russell Ferrante – Keyboards, Piano
William Kennedy – Drums, Keyboards
Bob Mintzer – Tenor Saxophone
Felix Pastorius – Bass

Playing Time………: 57:46
Total Size………..: 373.68 MB

NFO generated on…..: 8/2/2013 3:56:17 PM

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by Thom Jurek

The title of this Yellowjackets effort is an apt one. The departure of
co-founding bassist Jimmy Haslip in 2012 left a huge hole in the lineup.
Haslip wasn’t only the group’s bassist, but one of its most productive
composers. Founding pianist/keyboardist Russell Ferrante, with
longtime members saxophonist Bob Mintzer and drummer Will
Kennedy, eventually chose Felix Pastorius, son of the mighty Jaco,
and a seasoned performer in his own right. (On a number of tracks
here, he plays his father’s bass, loaned to him by its owner, Metallica’s
Robert Trujillo.) The younger man doesn’t play with the same “lead
bass” flash of his dad — at least in the studio — his style here reflects
the role Haslip played, but his tone and nimbleness are his own.
(Check his fleet-fingered work as it meets Ferrante’s arpeggios in
“Thank You.”) The band still carries within it the meld of contemporary
and straight-ahead jazz — with Mintzer there is always going to be a
nod to post-bop in there — but the feel is far more immediate and
organic. They departed from their usual recording procedure and cut
the album live in the studio, adding relatively few overdubs later.
Mintzer’s opener, “When the Lady Dances,” is a straight-ahead post-
bop number that pops and swings with a fine understated solo by
Ferrante. The pianist offers “Can’t We Elope,” a rewrite of Herbie
Hancock’s “Canteloupe.” It’s one of three tracks here that features
the trumpet of Ambrose Akinmusire. The meaty piano groove and the
twin horns offer a stylish, fresh take on soulful hard bop. Another of
the pianist’s compositions “An Amber Shade of Blue,” features a
knotty head with some fiery call and response between Akinmusire and
Mintzer — the track fades in what seems like mid-jam. Mintzer’s “I
Knew His Father” is both a welcome to the younger Pastorius and a
nod to Jaco–the saxophonist played in the Word of Mouth Band and
was present at Felix’s birth– drawing a large circle to a close. Its meld
of Latin groove, punchy swing, and boppish blues, offers the younger
bassist a fine opportunity to comp, fill, and run the board as the band
gets deep inside the melody. A Rise in the Road provides longtime
Yellowjackets’ fans plenty; but more importantly, it delivers a a bracing
new approach and a renewed sense of swinging adventure.
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