Album Review
From Miles Davis' Doo-Bop to albums by Greg Osby and Steve Coleman, much of the "jazz/rap fusion" released has been more hip-hop than jazz -- essentially, hip-hop with jazz overtones. Bill Evans, however, has featured rappers in much the way a hard bopper would feature a singer -- on "Reality" and the poignant, reggae-influenced "La Di Da," rapper Ahmed Best successfully interacts with an actual, spontaneous, improvisatory band instead of merely pre-recorded tracks. Best's rapping style -- a cerebral approach akin to De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest instead of more hardcore rappers like Tupac Shakur and Ice-T -- is well-suited to this challenging and complex jazz-fusion setting. On the instrumental side, Escape's triumphs range from the hard-edged jazz-funk pieces "Undercover" and "Rattletrap" to the sensuous, Brazilian-influenced "Coravillas." Though capable of tenderness and vulnerability, Evans has the good sense to avoid bloodless "smooth jazz" altogether.

Alex Henderson

формат: APE/CUE
размер: 472мб
информация для восстановления:5%

Tracks
1. Swing Hop
2. Escape
3. Reality
4. The The Sunday After
5. Rattletrap
6. Flash in Dreamland
7. Coravilas
8. Easilee
9. Undercover
10. La La Di Da
11. Armsakimbo
12. Aftermath
13. Undercover [Remmix - Marcus' Mas Flav]

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