village life

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简介

by Richard S. Ginell This quiet, lovely record, in which the Gambian kora virtuoso Foday Musa Suso is given equal billing, was generally ignored when it came out, probably because it fit no one's preconceived idioms -- be they jazz, funk, MTV, or even world music. The only performers are Hancock on a detunable Yamaha DX-1 synthesizer and drum machine and Suso spinning his webs of delicate sound on the zither-like kora, vocalizing a bit and playing a talking drum -- all in real time in a Tokyo studio. The results are absolutely mesmerizing, with Herbie aligning himself perfectly within Suso's unusual, complex rhythmic conceptions and folk-like harmonies. On the 20-minute "Kanatente," Hancock does introduce some of his own advanced harmonic ideas, and he contrasts and interweaves them with Suso's deceptively simple lines in a splendid jam session that eventually ends in a dance that can only be described as Gambian funk. This music generates the same feeling of ecstatic well-being as an Indian raga -- and even hardcore jazz fans may find themselves seduced against their will.

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Alias village life
Extra village life
Name village life
原始名称 Village Life
名称 village life
歌手 herbie hancock
类别 录音室专辑
语言 英语
发行时间
  • 1985-02-14
  • 1992-03-16
  • 唱片公司
  • columbia
  • 索尼音乐
  • 精选上位词
  • herbie hancock的专辑
  • 专辑
  • 风格
  • funk
  • 后波普 post-bop
  • 放克 funk
  • 电子乐 electro
  • 融合爵士 jazz fusion