Life In The Tropics

Reseña del editor One of the supergroups of contemporary jazz, deliver one of their most innovative and creatively diverse projects. Track Listing: "Club Paradiso," "Caribbean Breeze," "Love Child." Tienda When Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons exploded on the contemporary jazz scene in 1986 with Moonlighting, the leader's compositional and production style was a breath of fresh air. Over the next decade, however, his much-copied style became a parody of itself and the epitome of the tepid music associated with smooth-jazz radio. After a couple of record label changes, Freeman seems to have regrouped somewhat with Life in the Tropics. Although the first two tracks offer the same Rips formula of a guitar and/or sax line playing a line with computer-generated rhythms behind synthesizer flourishes adding up to nothing special, cuts 3 through 11 show Freeman searching for a new aural core to his style, a lot of which has to do with the Latin and Caribbean themes of the disc. In fact, "South Beach Mambo" sounds straight out of Santana's Supernatural sessions with a horn section adding spice. Saxman Eric Marienthal and pianist Bill Heller stand out, as does trumpeter Ramon Flores. The latter's horn stands particularly since it isn't the smooth-jazz clichéd alto horn sound that the Rippingtons made infamous. Keyboardist Bob James also does a guest shot on what is easily the Rippingtons' best album since 1994's Sahara. --Mark A. Ruffin

Detalles del producto Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,67 x 4,92 x 0,39 pulgadas; 3,53 Onzas Fabricante : Concord Records Número de modelo del producto : 1976412 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2000 Producto en Tienda desde : Diciembre 9, 2006 Etiqueta : Concord Records ASIN : B00004Z42V País de origen : EE. UU. Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº27,126 en CDs y Vinilo (Ver el Top 100 en CDs y Vinilo) nº201 en Jazz Smooth (CDs y Vinilo) nº13,323 en Pop (CDs y Vinilo) Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 4.7 de 5 estrellas 154 calificaciones Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,67 x 4,92 x 0,39 pulgadas; 3,53 Onzas Fabricante : Concord Records Número de modelo del producto : 1976412 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2000 Producto en Tienda desde : Diciembre 9, 2006 Etiqueta : Concord Records ASIN : B00004Z42V País de origen : EE. UU. Número de discos : 1