Just listened to the YouTube link to Gravity and it reminded me of acoustic alchemy. :)
Just saw Jesse Cook...yeaow!
Just got home from a Jesse Cook concert. For some unknown reason he's never come across my radar until recently. I saw him at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center..nice venue. Wow. What a concert & artist(s). Mix Flamenco with Arabia and South Asia..toss in a smudge of Dead Can Dance. If you're not familiar..check the group out..or better yet..see them if you can. Fun show, great music, played nearly 2 hours. Such talent.
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@fishboat Glad you were not offended. Didn't know Jesse Cook's Narada roots. That explains things a bit. The best tracks on Gravity are engaging and not at all smooth jazz/new age. They display has his own "voice" as it were. If you like "classic"/traditional jazz you'll probably enjoy the Jazz Aficionados thread if you haven't come across that yet. |
..smooth jazzy.. yah..apparently he came out of the Narada thing years ago, though it appears he's developed beyond this, from what I saw/heard. I too have a decided .."meh" ear for smooth jazz...too syrupy for me. Traditional jazz..50's-60's is sooo much better. As for 'world'.. some of this can be much too, however I enjoy hearing unfamiliar, traditional instruments and music styles on their own or mixed with their western counterparts. It's what music/art/design has always been and has always done..combine influences of different style-cultures into something new. It appears Jesse gets 'classified' as nuevo-flamenco..yah..seems reasonable. |
Glad you enjoyed the show. Never hard him live but have spent some time listening to this album. Some of it I like quite a lot. Other bits seem awfully smooth jazz/new age-y. Different strokes, I guess. No question about his talent, however. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GpH5Etk8gc |
