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Brighter Day
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Product Details/SpecificationsRecording label: Blue Note Records EAN: 0724352020829Binding: Audio CDRelease Date: 2000-03-14Universal product code (UPC): 724352020829Number of discs: 1Album Description Japanese Version Featuring 2 Bonus Tracks.
Amazon.com On his fourth recording--his first for Blue Note Records-- guitarist Ronny Jordan moves in a more mainstream direction. He minimizes the hip-hop and rap elements in his mix to favor a more subdued, straightforward jazz approach that brings to mind one of Jordan's role models, Wes Montgomery. While this may furrow the brows of some acid-jazz fans, the results heard on this 73-minute excursion are largely positive and quietly appealing. The London-born Jordan reveals himself as thoughtful and expressive player, notably on self-composed, Pat Metheny-like, pop-jazz cruisers ("Two Worlds," "Rio," "Seeing Is Believing") and in a more mainstream vein, "5/8 in Flow." For some listeners, A Brighter Day may at times stray uncomfortably close to smooth-jazz innocuousness, but Jordan's prevailing inventiveness makes the overall package a pleasant one. Highlights are the soft-but-sweet grooves found on "Aftermath" and "Mackin'," the animated playing from vibraphonist Roy Ayers on "Mystic Voyage," and the nimble finger work heard on "New Delhi." --Terry Wood
Language: English (Original Language)
Disc 1 Tracks: 1. A Brighter Day 2. Aftermath 3. Mackin (Featuring DJ Spinna) 4. Why 5. Mystic Voyage (Featuring Roy Ayers) 6. Breauxlude 7. London Lowdown 8. Two Worlds 9. Mambo Inn 10. Rio 11. New Delhi 12. Seeing Is Believing 13. 5/8 In Flow 14. A Brighter Day (Remix) Featuring Mos Def
Publishers: Blue Note Records
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