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Red Hot + Indigo
Various Artists
Red Hot + Indigo
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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That Duke Ellington transcended all partitions of the music world is inarguable. Red Hot + Indigo nails this point home for a series of new generations, doing so in a way that the ever-elegant Duke would dig. The most freq...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Red Hot + Indigo
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Red Hot
Original Release Date: 1/1/2001
Re-Release Date: 4/10/2001
Genres: Jazz, Pop
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 632662200124

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That Duke Ellington transcended all partitions of the music world is inarguable. Red Hot + Indigo nails this point home for a series of new generations, doing so in a way that the ever-elegant Duke would dig. The most frequent contributors are Medeski Martin & Wood, clocking in with six tracks, including the horn-enriched, churning opener, "Acht O'Clock Rock" and Duke's staple riff piece, "C Jam Blues." The trio's mix of soul-jazz steepings and jam-band looseness abets them wonderfully when guests such as trombonists Art Baron and guitarist Kenny Burrell join them. Stepping also to the fore is a group of stunning interpreters. Mary J. Blige nearly bellows "Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me" in a spare, retro-soul groove. Black Star collaborates with bass great Ron Carter for a blazing social-critique reading of "Money Jungle," and Melky Sedeck percolates a sultry "Mood Indigo" that reiterates a semi-constant retro vibe that runs throughout these 17 tracks. MMW keep "Creole Love Call" within its original, shuffling framework, just as Kenny Burrell does on "In a Sentimental Mood." There's a lot of stretching, though, too: D'Angelo (on keyboards) and the Roots intermingle minimal melody statements and a punching rap throwdown on "Caravan." Terry Callier extends "Satin Doll" with his effusively broad, deep vocal, and Les Nubians give "Come Sunday" an aptly soothing spiritual edge that's irresistible. An expansive exercise in musical cartography, Red Hot + Indigo draws a map of musical cultures here, from kickin' hip-hop to slinking guitar grooves to deep-sea dub. In doing so, they show contours of Ellington that seem both unimaginable and perfect at once. --Andrew Bartlett

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