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Manu Katche, Tore Brunborg, Pino Palladino
Third Round
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Swing Piece
2. Keep On Trippin'
3. Senses
4. Being Ben
5. Une larme dans ton sourire
6. Springtime Dancing
7. Out Take Number 9
8. Shine And Blue
9. Stay With You
10. Flower Skin
11. Urban Shadow

CD Details

All Artists: Manu Katche, Tore Brunborg, Pino Palladino, Jason Rebello
Title: Third Round
Members Wishing: 7
Total Copies: 0
Label: ECM Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 6/21/2010
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602527321318

Synopsis

Product Description

Third ECM album by French-African drummer Manu Katché, following the best selling 'Neighbourhood' and 'Playground'. 'Third Round' features a completely revised ensemble line-up, but is faithful to a group concept that The Guardian described as "beautifully mutated grooves and jazzy themes", with all participants elevated by the physical presence of Katché's beats and drum patterns.
Once again, all music is written by Manu, and his insinuating melodies testify to parallel lives in pop and jazz. The album was recorded in the South of France with producer Manfred Eicher.

A drummer renowned worldwide for his collaborations with pop singers from Sting and Peter Gabriel to Youssou N'Dour, Manu Katché is seen regularly throughout Europe with his Arte channel jam music TV show "One Shot Not". He's a star of the first magnitude in France, and has also - since his affiliation with ECM began - become a force to be reckoned with in jazz. His ECM debut 'Neighbourhood' won the Album of the Year prize of the German record critics amongst many other awards. Additionally, his participation in Jan Garbarek's projects, including the widely-praised live album 'Dresden' has underscored the singularity of his drum approach.

Welsh-born bass guitar legend Pino Palladino has played with Eric Clapton, the Who, Jeff Beck, Paul Simon, Chaka Khan and many other major figures in rock/pop/soul. Jazz and blues and associations range from BB King to Roy Hargrove. Pianist Jason Rebello, once described by UK critic Stuart Nicholson as "probably the finest young jazz musician this country has produced", has played with Gary Burton and Branford Marsalis, and his 1990 debut album was produced by Wayne Shorter. Norwegian saxophonist Tone Brunborg is well-known to followers of ECM from his work with the band Masqualero to the current Tord Gustavsen Ensemble. Guesting are Norwegian/American guitarist Jacob Young, and American singer/songwriter/trumpeter Kami Lyle who adds vocals to "Stay with You", for which she also wrote the lyrics.
Personnel: Manu Katché (drums), Pino Palladino (bass), Jason Rebello (piano), Tore Brunborg (saxohones), Jacob Young (guitars), Kami Lyle (voice, trumpet)

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CD Reviews

Brilliant and soulful.

kons | 07/18/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is his third solo recording for the ECM label.

He first came to prominence through his work with Peter Gabriel and he is currently a member of Sting's touring group.

His jazz credits include regular appearances with Jan Garbarek and more recently his own work as a leader.

For it, Katché has assembled an unusual but effective cast of musicians, with Tore Brunborg on sax, Jason Rebello on piano and Pino Palladino on bass. The guitarist Jacob Young plays on three of the 11 tracks and there's a cameo by Kami Lyle, whose voice grows on you.

"The album often sounds tonally graceful (usually when Brunborg is playing), and Katché's unjazzy mixture of crunching rocker's backbeats and abstract-percussionist's cymbal effects are as effective here as ever.

But the themes drift to the point where minimal-melody gets close to insubstantiality, and in the rather coy "Springtime Dancing", the quaver of singer/trumpeter Kami Lyle's single gospelly vocal, and the inconsequential groove of "Out Take Number 9", there's a hint or two of unreadiness about the materials. But the All Blues-like feel to the opening "Swing Piece" is compelling, guitarist Jacob Young energises the buoyant Keep on "Trippin'", and the Scandinavian-cool of "Shine and Blue" makes it one of the most striking tracks. The gifted Katché has rightly made a significant mark, but Third Round feels a bit like it's treading water". - John Fordham

Truth is that the new album is essentially more or less like his previous two ones and there are occasions when the music drifts a little too close to smooth jazz.

But this is ECM not GRP and generally the music stays the right side of bland.

The playing, particularly from the core group is superb and Katche's music is as melodic as ever although it could be argued that some of the themes remain undeveloped.

If you liked Katché's two previous ECM releases you'll like this too.

There's nothing new here but the man's way with a tune and a groove is irresistible and his own playing consistently absorbing.

All in all, the CD is another proof of of "brilliance and a general mood of soulfulness and sensitivity". - Phil Johnson

Enjoy

Neighbourhood

Playground (Ocrd)

"

Another cool one...

Eric T. | Tucson, AZ | 06/29/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"another great album from mr. katche. a little groovier on some tracks, warm and fuzzy on others. i like it. i like the previous albums, too! personally i could do without the lone vocal track but otherwise highly recommended."