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AZYMUTH - Aurora

2011 (Far out)
fusion
by Roberto Mandolini
6

Gli Azymuth sono un trio di jazz-rock brasiliano attivo fin dai primi anni 70. Nella loro trentennale carriera hanno pubblicato più di venti album, la maggior parte dei quali su Milestone (fino a tutti gli anni 80) e su Far Out (dalla metà degli anni 90 a oggi).

Il‭ ‬prossimo‭ ‬anno‭ ‬gli‭ ‬Azymuth‭ ‬festeggeranno‭ ‬i‭ ‬quarant‭’‬anni‭ ‬di‭ ‬attività.‭ ‬È ‬dai‭ ‬tempi‭ ‬di‭ “‬Jazz‭ ‬Carnival‭”‬,‭ ‬successo‭ ‬planetario‭ ‬datato‭ ‬1979,‭ ‬che‭ ‬il‭ ‬gruppo‭ ‬brasiliano‭ ‬sembra‭ ‬vivere‭ ‬di‭ ‬rendita,‭ ‬adagiandosi‭ ‬su‭ ‬una‭ ‬fusion‭ (‬samba-funk‭) ‬che‭ ‬è‭ ‬diventata‭ ‬il‭ ‬tratto‭ ‬distintivo‭ ‬di‭ ‬ogni‭ ‬loro‭ ‬disco.‭ ‬Non‭ ‬fa‭ ‬eccezione‭ “‬Aurora‭” (‬che‭ ‬fin‭ ‬dalla‭ ‬copertina‭ ‬tradisce‭ ‬un‭ ‬gusto‭ ‬decisamente‭ ‬kitsch‭), una raccolta di ‬dodici‭ ‬tracce‭ (otto sull’LP) ‬arrangiate‭ ‬secondo‭ ‬le‭ classiche ‬regole‭ ‬grammaticali‭ ‬della‭ ‬fusion‭ ‬degli‭ ‬anni‭ ‘‬80‭ (‬Weather‭ ‬Report,‭ ‬Spyro‭ ‬Gyra,‭ ‬Steps‭ ‬Ahead,‭ ‬Chick‭ ‬Corea‭ ‬Elektric‭ ‬Band,‭ ‬etc‭), seppur prive di ‬quei‭ ‬virtuosismi‭ ‬che‭ ‬hanno‭ ‬relegato‭ ‬il‭ ‬genere‭ ‬dentro‭ ‬i‭ ‬confini‭ ‬di‭ ‬circoli‭ ‬per‭ ‬iniziati.‭

 

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24/05/2011

This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Roberto Mandolini, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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Tracklist

  1. 1. Aurora
  2. 2. In My Treehouse
  3. 3. Tá Nessa Ainda Bicho?
  4. 4. Issa É Partido Alto
  5. 5. Carnaval Legrand
  6. 6. Diz No Pé
  7. 7. Meu Mengo
  8. 8. Crazy Clock
  9. 9. Que Bom
  10. 10. É Mulher
  11. 11. In My Treehouse (Prelude 1)
  12. 12. In My Treehouse (Prelude 2)

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