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Christian Scott - Christian aTunde Adjuah (2012)

2012-11-23T17:44:48Z

Christian Scott - Christian aTunde Adjuah (2012)

CD 1
01. Fatima Aisha Rokero 400
02. New New Orleans (King Adjuah Stomp)
03. Kuro Shinobi (Interlude)
04. Who They Wish I Was
05. Pyrrhic Victory of aTunde Adjuah
06. Spy Boy Flag Boy
07. vs. the Kleptocratic Union (Ms. McDowell’s Crime)
08. Kiel
09. Of Fire (Les Filles de la Nouvelle Orleans)
10. Dred Scott
11. Danziger

CD 2>
01. The Berlin Patient (CCR5)
02. Jihad Joe
03. Van Gogh (Interlude)
04. Liar Liar
05. I Do
06. Alkebu Lan
07. Bartlett
08. When Marissa Stands Her Ground
09. Cumulonimbus (Interlude)
10. Away (Anuradha & the Maiti Nepal)
11. The Red Rooster
12. Cara

Personnel: 
Matthew Stevens (guitar); 
Christian aTunde Adjuah (trumpet, siren); 
Lawrence Fields (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harpsichord); 
Jamire Williams (drums).

New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott has always examined various historic musical traditions for their wealth of knowledge and culture. He's also deeply well-read, putting forth an inquiry which addresses the future from global and socio-political codes of past and present -- without hectoring. 2010's Yesterday You Said Tomorrow was a successful integration of what Scott calls "stretch music," which thoroughly understands and respects what came before it in jazz and doesn't attempt to replace it, but instead tries to embrace within its rhythmic and harmonic architectures as many musical forms and cultural languages as possible. Christian aTunde ADJuah is a deliberate extension of that model; it's a sprawling, 23-track double album. Accompanied by his seasoned quintet -- Matthew Stevens, guitar; Lawrence Fields, piano, Rhodes, harpsichord; Kristopher Keith Funn, bass; Jamire Williams, drums, and select guests -- Scott takes his listeners on an exhaustive, ambitious journey through jazz, employing elements of rock, hip-hop, and even traces of Crescent City R&B. Christian aTunde ADJuah is long and diverse, but it's accessible in its ambitious creativity. On "New New Orleans (King Adjuah Stomp)," Stevens' dark repetitive vamp prompts the rhythm section inside it, just before Scott goes over the top to offer a gorgeous, Spanish-tinged melody. Utilizing a ute on "Who They Wish I Was," Scott directly embraces Miles Davis' melodic vulnerability while offering his own sense of phrase and space. Disc one closer "Danziger" (named for the infamous bridge where New Orleans policemen shot and killed two men and wounded five others -- all unarmed -- after Hurricane Katrina), is nearly a set stealer. Scott's mournful lyric, expressively annotated by Stevens' guitar and Fields' funereal chords, begins to articulate a drama that takes a number of turns over its ten minutes. The beautiful modalism in the brief "Spy Boy/Flag Boy," with Scott's soloing and Williams' breaks, is another high point. The rock dynamics of "Jihad Joe" create a multivalent textural palette for the mysterious interplay between Scott and Fields; Stevens' solo is full of imagination and fire. "Alkebu Lan" is a stunner, as knotty post-bop meets Afro-beat. "Trayvon," with its double-time, funky backbeat, is a new spin on modal blues. The shimmering post-bop on "Away (Anuradha & the Maiti Nepal)," with Stevens' elegant yet distorted solo, is a gorgeous precursor to the pastoral "The Red Rooster" and the whispering closing ballad that is "Cara." Scott's previous recordings portended the integration of sounds, textures, and music readily available here. On Christian aTunde ADJuah, Scott and company create a seamless, holistic 21st century jazz that confidently points toward new harmonic horizons. ---Thom Jurek, Rovi

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Christian Scott - Live at Newport (2008)

2010-12-08T19:26:22Z

Christian Scott - Live at Newport (2008)


01. Died in Love (6:55)
02. Litany Against Fear (11:26)
03. Isadora (5:00)            play
04. Rumor (14:00)
05. Anthem (9:13)
06. The Crawler (6:50)        play
07. James Crow Jr. Esq. (10:58)
08. Rewind That (9:05

Line Up:
Christian Scott- (Trumpet); 
Matt Stevens- (Guitar); 
Walter Smith III- (Tenor Sax); 
Aaron Parks- (Piano, Keyboards); 
Joe Sanders- (Bass); 
Jamire Williams- (Drum).

Live at Newport finds trumpeter Christian Scott leading his ensemble through a performance at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, RI on August 9, 2008. Showcasing the same group that recorded Scott's critically lauded 2007 sophomore album, Anthem, ... Full Description Live at Newport does feature Scott branching out on some new material. Just coming into his own as jazz musician, Scott is nonetheless a talented and deft improviser and his knack for creating brooding, emotionally engaged music brings to mind a mix of '60s Miles Davis and the heady art rock of Radiohead. It doesn't hurt that his backing ensemble includes such forward-thinking artists as pianist Aaron Parks and guitarist Matt Stevens, who imbue Scott's compositions with an atmospheric and cerebral tension. While most of the music here leans toward the dramatic slow burn jazz of Scott's Anthem, cuts such as the buoyant post-bop of "James Crow Jr., Esq." and the angular "Rumor" do break up some of the heavy vibe. That said, part of Scott's talent is his ability to sustain such epic drama throughout a whole album and in that sense, Live at Newport crackles with an earnest, youthful energy. -- Matt Collar.

This is Christian Scott's third release and as the title states its recorded in performance live from the Newport jazz festival 08. I was so taken with this album when I first heard it that I was compelled to buy his previous releases Rewind That & Anthem. The reason I bought all of Scott's previous albums is because lately I'v been searching for some jazz music or just music that is a true hybrid of the times we live in & I believe Christian & his band have created that 21st century sound if you will. They have successfully combined the sounds of modern groove music & R&B with some traditional elements via Miles Davis a hero of Scott's. This album is even more chilled out than the previous two albums. He plays a few tunes from Rewind That & Anthem but in the spirit of the moment they are very different from their recorded versions. The other 6 tunes are new songs. I personally love the lead off track Died in Love & track 3 Isadora, both tunes are of the ballad sort. Died in Love has a post Coltrane/Hendrix dissonance to it that enhances its beauty all the more. Litany Against Fear is also a standout track which first appeared on Anthem, here its extended to 11 minutes and gets a slightly different feel. The band is in top form most notable being Mike Stevens on guitar sounding alittle like Pat Metheny and Aaron Parks on keys provides a backdrop of beautiful piano voicings giving the music a Radiohead meets Miles Davis vibe. I recommend this album to fans of the new jazz or people searching for something a little bit different than what jazz has been producing the last ten years, not that I think post bop or straight ahead swing is bad, I love it but I think the essence of jazz is for the musician to fuse his life & the times with his music & I would say that Christian Scott has done that beautifully on this album. You also get high quality footage of the show on DVD which comes with the audio cd. Bottom line is this value can't be beat & the music is of the highest quality not at all the product of media hype. Christian Scott plays for the music! Check this out you won't be disappointed. --Anthony R. Guarriello.

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Christian Scott - Rewind That (2006)

2010-12-07T19:46:07Z

Christian Scott - Rewind That (2006)


01. Rewind That 5:18   
02. Say It 6:27   
03. Like This 5:00 
04. So What 4:04           play
05. Rejection 7:22  
06. Lay In Vein 6:17 
07. She 4:46              play
08. Suicide 6:42  
09. Caught Up 5:32  
10. Paradise Found 6:35 
11. Kiel 6:20

Personnel:
Christian Scott– Trumpet
Luques Curtis– Bass
Thomas Pridgen– Drums
Walter Smith III (excepto track 1)– Tenor Sax
Matt Stevens– Guitar (except track 4)
Zaccai Curtis– Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer (except track 10)
Donald Harrison– Alto Sax (tracks 4, 8, 10 y 11)

At 22, trumpeter Christian Scott plays beyond his years. He not only has chops to spare, and the Berklee College of Music education to go with them, but also an understated elegance you don’t often find in players this young. A New Orleans native, Scott also has an uncanny ability to juxtapose benchmark jazz styles, nearly all of which he no doubt absorbed through prolonged exposure to Miles Davis: fusion, funk, postbop, modal, smooth. On his Concord debut, Rewind That, a standout fellow Crescent City product, alto saxophone veteran Donald Harrison, is on hand to enliven several cuts, including a lovely, languorous arrangement of Davis's "So What" (from Kind of Blue). But whether feeding atmospheric effects with his purring notes or pushing against the groove to brassier effect, Scott is very much in the driver's seat with his assured band, including guitarist Matt Stevens, tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III and drummer Thomas Pridgen. He sometimes settles for decorative, Chuck Mangione-type phrases, but most of the time, the substance of his playing is right up there with the style. Nine of the 11 tracks are originals. --Lloyd Sachs.

The young New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott combines jazz and hip-hop to smoothly sophisticated effect on this sophomore, Grammy-nominated 2006 set. His accomplished solos are underpinned by a supple, sympathetic band that conveys late-1960s Miles Davis in its determinedly after-hours feel. The smooth jazz tendencies hinted at on "So What" are undercut by the spare colorations of the title track and the tense undertones of "Suicide," while on "Paradise Found," Scott and ensemble show that they're also capable of a finely understated lyricism.

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Christian Scott – Leverkusener Jazztage 2016

2017-08-30T19:32:09Z

Christian Scott – Leverkusener Jazztage 2016


1. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah	59:19
  - R. Groid
  - The Walk
  - The Reconing
  - Diaspora
  - West of The West
  - The Last Chieftain

Christian Scott 	Trumpet, Reverse-Flügelhorn, Siren
Braxton Cook 	Viola
Lawrence Fields 	Piano, Keyboard
Kris Funn 	Bass
Corey Fonville 	Drums #1
Joe Dyson 	Drums #2
Dominic Minix 	Guitar
Elena Pinderhughes 	Flute, Vocals
Logan Richardson 	Saxophone

Christian Scott, der in New Orleans geborene Trompeter, Komponist und Produzent, wurde zweifach für den Grammy nominiert. Er ist berühmt für seine "Stretch Music".

Von dem Jazz-Magazin "JazzTimes" wird er gepriesen als "architect of a new commercially viable fusion" und "Jazz`s young style God". Scott wird mit seiner aktuellen Besetzung bei den Jazztagen erscheinen und hat dabei sein brandneues, achtes Album im Gepäck.

Im Alter von zwölf Jahren bekommt Scott sein erstes Blechblasinstrument geschenkt. Schon bald darauf darf er in der Band seines Onkels Donald Harrison mitspielen. Seine musikalische Ausbildung startet er mit 14 Jahren am New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Schon mit 18 begleitet er seinen Onkel auf dessen im Jahr 2002 veröffentlichten Album "Real Life Stories". Es folgt ein Studium am Berklee College of Music in Boston, welches Scott in der Hälfte der dafür üblichen Zeit absolviert.

In diesen Jahren ist Scott auch Mitglied des Berklee Monterey Quartet und hat erste Auftritte beim kalifornischen Monterey Jazz Festival. Nach Abschluss des Studiums wird New York City zur Wahlheimat von Christian Scott. Sein erstes Album als Bandleader ("Rewind That") veröffentlicht er im Jahr 2006. Ein Jahr später wirkt er auf Prince' Album "Planet Earth" bei einigen Songs mit. Der Hip-Hop-Musiker Mos Def und Randy Jackson holen ihn als Gastmusiker für Live-Konzerte.Sein zweites Solo-Album "Anthem" (2007) widmet Scott seiner vom Hurrikan Katrina verwüsteten Heimatstadt New Orleans; die Songs des Albums heißen beispielsweise "Litany Against Fear", "Antediluvian Adaptian" ("Vor der großen Flut") oder "The Uprising". Dabei öffnet Scott seine Musik für zeitgenössische Fusion-Elemente aus Musikstilen, die er selber hört und wertschätzt.

Sein drittes Album "Live at Newport" (2009) ist ein Live-Mitschnitt vom Newport Jazz Festival aus dem Jahr 2008. Es handelt sich um eine Referenz auf das Konzert von Miles Davis, das 50 Jahre zuvor am selben Ort stattfand. Die CD "Yesterday You Said Tomorrow" von 2010 huldigt in Form und Inhalt ausdrücklich Scotts Vorbildern aus den 1960er-Jahren; er nennt das John Coltrane Quartet, Miles Davis' zweites Quintett, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix und Charles Mingus. Produziert wird das Album in dem Tonstudio von Rudy Van Gelder. Im Jahr 2012 folgt sein 23 Songs umfassendes Doppel-Album "Christian aTunde Adjuah". Sein musikalisches Schaffen wird mehrfach ausgezeichnet, so erhält er im Jahr 2010 auf dem North Sea Jazz Festival den Paul Acket Award und in 2010 und 2012 den Edison Award.

Auch abseits der musikalischen Bühne macht Scott eine gute Figur. Auf Anfrage des Regisseurs Steven Soderbergh übernimmt er im Film "Ein verlockendes Spiel" von 2008 eine kleine Rolle neben George Clooney und Renée Zellweger. Gemeinsam mit seinen Jazzkollegen Stefon Harris und David Sánchez verwirklicht Scott im Jahr 2011 in Havana, Cuba, das "Ninety Miles Project", ein Jazz-Album und zugleich ein Dokumentarfilm, mit dem der Jazz als verbindendes Element zwischen den USA und Cuba und als deren gemeinsame Wurzel herausgestellt wird.

Randy Jackson sagte einmal über Christian Scott: "Durch die Art, wie er die Grenzen des Machbaren verschiebt, verkörpert er genau das, was wir alle immer an Miles Davis liebten." Und auch Scott selbst gibt als seinen wichtigsten Einfluss Miles Davis an, mit dessen konsequentem Ansatz, nur noch die Quintessenz seiner musikalischen Gedanken durchzulassen. Freuen wir uns also auf einen essenzreichen Auftritt im Forum. --- 3sat.de

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