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Bill Laswell - Operazone: The Redesign (2000)
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27 Dec 2010 23:43:41
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Bill Laswell - Operazone: The Redesign (2000)
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Tracks: 9 | Time: 51:24 | Genre: Classical, Electronic | Label: BL BLCD-07001009
| “ | The lackluster project The Redesign by Operazone was conceived as a jazz-opera hybrid by producer Alan Douglas and realized on this Knitting Factory Records CD by cornetist/flügelhornist Graham Haynes, all-around creative jazz legend Karl Berger, and bassist/producer Bill Laswell. The performers are Berger on keyboards, Haynes, Philadelphia tenor saxophonist Byard Lancaster, New York acoustic bassist Mark Helias, and a host of other musicians on strings, flutes, and French horns. The Redesign features operatic themes of Donizetti, Verdi, Saint-Saens, and Puccini performed by thick and undistinguished strings, interspersed among generally languid solo spots from Haynes and Lancaster. Rhythm tracks with tablas and other ethnic percussion are consistently low in the mix, propelling the music forward at consistent tempos and providing a touch of world music exoticism. It is unclear to whom this music is intended to appeal. Certainly the drama, passion, and spectacle of opera are missing, and the flat dynamics and auto-pilot percussion make this lukewarm jazz at best. Lancaster is usually a soulful and robust player, but he is watered down on this outing. Haynes fares a bit better, perhaps because he has more experience finding ways to be expressive over robotic techno beats (and also because the cornet and flügelhorn can more easily cut through the mushy "Material Strings" arranged by Berger). Laswell might have been expected to pick up an idea or two from Bob Belden, with whom he worked on Panthalassa, the 1998 Sony/Columbia Records remix/reconstruction of Miles Davis "fusion period" music. Belden took his own shot at mixing opera with jazz on Puccini's Turandot, a 1992 Blue Note CD released only in Japan. Compared to Operazone's The Redesign, Puccini's Turandot by the Bob Belden Ensemble is a dazzlingly rich recording, a real journey across varied terrain with a pronounced Miles influence and absolutely no reliance on percussive cruise control. In contrast, Operazone has been successful in redesigning opera and jazz as something perilously close to elevator music -- smooth, lush, and atmospheric but robbed of each genre's vitality and emotional expressiveness. by Dave Lynch | ” |
Tracklist:
1) L'Elisir d'amore / Una Furtiva Lagrima (Donizetti) 5:53;
2) La Traviata / Love Theme (Verdi) 7:02;
3) Samson & Dalila / Mon coeur s'ouvre а ta voix (Saint-Saens) 6:43;
4) Turandot / Nessun Dorma (Puccini) 5:01;
5) La Traviata / Prelude (Verdi) 5:52;
6) La Forza Del Destino / Overture (Verdi) 5:28;
7) Tosca / E Lucevan Le Stelle (Puccini) 5:28;
8) Tosca Second Act / Orchestral Background (Puccini) 6:45;
9) Reprise (5:52).
Orchestra: Material Strings featured Soloists: Karl Berger: string and horn arrangements, keyboards; Graham Haynes: cornet, flugelhorn; Byard Lancaster: tenor saxophone; Bill Laswell (uncredited): beats;
With: Mark Helias: acoustic bass; Becky Friend: C flute, alto flute; Diva Goodfriend: alto flute, bass flute; Mark Taylor: french horn; Vincent Chancey: french horn; Krystof Witek: violin; Hector Falcon: violin; Denise Stillwell: violin, viola; Ralph Farris: violin, viola; Garo Yellin: cello.
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Posted By:
brigg
Date:
28 Dec 2010 00:50:44
Well, the review makes me want to hear Bob Belden's TURANDOT rather more than it makes me want to hear this one... Can anyone up that? (Apparently its release was blocked by the Puccini estate everywhere except Japan, and it's so rare that a copy can fetch $500 on eBay!).
Posted By:
Nick Cave
Date:
28 Dec 2010 06:26:46
Genial post salernitana, Muchas Gracias y Saludos desde Argentina !!
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