2008-12-01
All About Jazz - Review
Tenth World hits its target "to uplift, empower and enlighten through righteously mixing the medias (sic) of jazz, African, Latin and soul music." In fact, the band's genre-crossing platform, energy and relentless grooves makes it a most perfect outdoo
All About Jazz
12/1/08
Bujo Kevin Jones and Tenth World
Live
Motema
2008
Much tighter, well-rehearsed and enlivening is Bujo Kevin Jones And Tenth World's Live disc. Comprising Jones on percussion, Kevin Louis on trumpet, Brian Horton on tenor saxophone, Kelvin Sholar on piano, Joshua David on electric bass, and Jaimeo Brown on drums, Tenth World hits its target "to uplift, empower and enlighten through righteously mixing the medias (sic) of jazz, African, Latin and soul music." In fact, the band's genre-crossing platform, energy and relentless grooves makes it a most perfect outdoor festival attraction, one that is sure to leave no one standing still.
From the driving 12/8 African feel of "Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound" to the Latin fiesta "Tu Boca," by way of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue" and the Soul-tinged "New Nation," the unit packs an air-tight set propelled by flapping percussions and long improvised streamers. That said, like other Latin-informed, beat-based ensembles, the lengthy, harmonically dumbed-down vamps used underneath solos does dull the ear—especially considering the fact players relay solos for more than 7-8 minutes without interludes or key changes. The most extreme examples of this are "Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound ," a 7-minute, dark vamp on C minor with a basic pentatonic melody, and "New Nation" with its extended bi-chordal vamp. Modulating the progressions and/or adding brief interludes between solos would not only have added depth, but would have enhanced these compositions' somewhat monolithic forms.
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