John
McNeil: This Way Out
(OmniTone 15204)
If you think you know John McNeil from his other albums, as we say in Brooklyn, fuggeddaboutit!
This is really new! Another "OmniTone breakthrough" album where a top-notch artist kicks it up a notch to "adventurous and listenable!"
Recorded in Barcelona with the Spanish new music's up-and-comers, tenorman/composer Gorka Benitez (sort of Spain's Tony Malaby) and bassist Giulia Valle, This Way Out features eight McNeil originals including five written specially for the date, inspired by and infused with Flamenco, "West African reggae," hypnotic odd meters (19/8!), and trumpet synthesizer effects done entirely acoustically.
Filled with passion, adventure, great blowing, and McNeil's trademarked off-beat dry humor, there there's even one tune best described as "Chet and Gerry on acid" and another, replete with berimbau, called "Dewey Defeats Truman."
Listen to the first tune, and you'll be hooked!
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| Trk | Title | RA (low) |
RA (hi) |
WMA | MP3 | |
| 1. | "Mi Tio" (4:14) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 2. | "A la Orilla" (6:45) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 3. | "Picasso View" (Gorka Benitez) (2:54) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 4. | "My Taxi" (5:13) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 5. | "Last Minute" (6:40) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 6. | "What Comes After" (4:48) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 7. | "Because of You" (Benitez) (5:11) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 8. | "Know Your Limits" (6:28) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 9. | "Skeeter" (Art Lande) (3:49) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 10. | "West Coast Memories" (1:32) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 11. | "Dewey Defeats Truman" (2:50) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
| 12. | "Flor de Viento" (Benitez) (3:50) | Hi | Low | WMA | MP3 | |
All compositions by John McNeil, CD Hotel (BMI), except where noted.
Musicians
JohnMcNeil, trumpet · Gorka
Benitez, tenor saxophone
Giulia Valle, bass · Joe
Smith, drums, percussion
Recorded 9-10 June 2002 at Estudios Moraleda
in Barcelona, Spain.
Recording engineer: Jordi Vidal
Editing/Mixing Engineer: Jim Clouse at Park West Studios,
Brooklyn
Mastering engineer: Katherine Miller
Album Designer: Frau Kranift
Cover photo by Paul Burdick
Liner notes and artist photos by Frank Tafuri
Producers: John McNeil and Joe Smith
Executive Producer: Frank Tafuri
[Visit John McNeil's website.]
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