Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Steve Turre, Ray Charles, Peter Washington Title: In the Spur of the Moment Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Telarc Original Release Date: 6/27/2000 Release Date: 6/27/2000 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Latin Music Styles: Latin Jazz, Bebop, Latin Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 089408348426, 0089408348426 |
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 | Steve Turre, Ray Charles, Peter Washington In the Spur of the Moment Genres: Jazz, Pop, Latin Music
The jazz world needs more Steve Turres. An exceptional technician with a soaring, soulful tone and unique phrasing, Turre is perhaps the leading trombonist of the day. As if that weren't enough, Turre also wails on his sel... more » |
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Amazon.com The jazz world needs more Steve Turres. An exceptional technician with a soaring, soulful tone and unique phrasing, Turre is perhaps the leading trombonist of the day. As if that weren't enough, Turre also wails on his self-designed conch shells, producing a reverberant sound that can be eerie, serene, and robust. So the typical jazz approach is not for Turre. Nope, this dude has a concept. Using three piano-based quartets for In the Spur of the Moment, Turre touches on trad, postbop, and Afro Cuban jazz amalgams. The "Blues in Jazz" features Ray Charles and is a rare chance to hear the master performer tickle the ivories on classic tunes. Charles's fascinating choice of chords and harmonies is a delight, as are his solos. "Modern and Modal" shows Stephen Scott to great advantage with Jack DeJohnette and Buster Williams, the group roasting the joint on "Something for John" and the title track. Though all are fine throughout, Turre's perfect phrasing, unrelenting ideas, and burnished tone can singe the hairs on your neck. Finally, Afro-Cuban Sounds gathers Chucho Valdes and rising drum star Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez together for spirited banter that climaxes with the mad montuno of "Descarga Ahora," with yet another witty Turre 'bone excursion. The ultimate desert island disc? In the Spur of the Moment is a party--sweet, lowdown, and scalding. --Ken Micallef Similarly Requested CDs
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Member CD Reviews Stefaan L. from WASHINGTON, DC Reviewed on 7/8/2013... This CD merits all the other reviewers' accolades in my opinion. I would rate it upwards from 4 and 3/4 of a star. I have always been a sucker for jazz players taking on blues idioms and this disc's opener is a jewel of that kind. Waist-deep steeped in blues Steve Turre and Ray Charles play with ease and finesse, leaving ample room for each other's voices, creating a marvel. It provides such easy listening (while perfectly steering clear of the tackiness of the genre of the same name)! For reference: On Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy - the CD - the composer comments how he liked "natural music." If only the good man could have heard the Turre/Charles tracks! I bet that if these had been recorded by artists with more PR-clout - the likes of Wynton Marsalis - the words 'genius' and 'masterpiece' would be all around.
I first heard Steve Turre perform live in 1986, in Kortrijk Belgium, as a member of Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy. More than 20 years later I had the pleasure of listening to 'his' band perform music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk in DC's Kennedy Center. Both concerts were enjoyable, to say the least, and at times they were true ear-openers. The former, the first jazz concert I ever attended, made me buy a vinyl copy of Lester Bowie's Avant Pop, the latter made me request Turre's "Lotus Flower" on SwapaCD.com. {The disc arrived broken - bummer]. Now I got hold of "In The Spur of The Moment" and it won't be easy to let go of it. I like the overall sound of it, the tone of Steve's trombone and the musicality displayed on all tracks, be they blues-, jazz- or Cuban-inspired. CD ReviewsIn the spur of the moment 07/20/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "This cd is the bomb! While working in a surgical office, tensions run high. This cd was playing and patients were actually tapping there feet or humming along. Ray Charles is a treat on the piano. This cd is a must for your collection!" Pretty Good David Wilder | Raleigh, NC | 10/06/2003 (4 out of 5 stars) "I liked this CD, but like someone else said, it didn't seem to have personality in it. I WILL be soon purchasing Steve's tribute to J.J. Johnson, as I expect that will be awesome."
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