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CD Reviews: CD Review: Tangria Jazz Group, “Mebane’s Eleven, Tunes for Two”
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Posted by: editoron Monday, May 28, 2007 - 01:30 PM |
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By: Edward Blanco
Acclaimed as one of the up and coming jazz bands of the Bay Area jazz scene, Tangria Jazz group’s latest recording is sure to be noticed by critics and jazz fans alike. Containing light straight-ahead jazz in the rich tradition of a Bill Evans, Ellington and other greats, the music flows quite well with sparks of energy. Drummer and composer Sheryl Mebane is the leader of the group, essentially a trio with Justin Hellman on the bass and Simon Rochester on keyboard and sax.
For this recording, the group enlists the help of four guest artists and they are James Bringetto (guitar), Belinda Catalonia (electric violin, mandolin), Giotto Harrison (copper pipes) and Alex Pasternak (bass). Except for the Miles Davis “Solar,” and Eddie Harris’s “Freedom Jazz Dance,” all of the other tunes are original compositions from Mebane with the last two “Money Time,” and “Warm,” repeated version with guest artists.
The album starts off with perhaps the best cut here in the lively up-tempo “Teach Yourself to Live Elsewhere,” featuring brisk play from Rochester and a bass solo from Hellman as the leader provides some forceful drumming. “Money Time,” opens up with a light intro from the keyboards then develops into a fine number with pronounced drumming from Mebane.
Other appreciable tunes here are the soft “Ethan’s Song,” the very jazzy version of “Solar,” and the percussive “Gemini,” where Mebane plays percussions. Mebane’s Eleven, Tunes for Two is simply a quite entertaining session of some down right hard straight jazz served in a creative and engaging fashion by a terrific threesome.
Year: 2006
Label: Blastfamous Records
Artist Web: www.tangria.net
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