Be warned -- this is an album that will grow on you very quickly. Jesse Cook is a Canadian flamenco guitarist who took the world fusion route at some point, basing his playing against a wonderful mix and match of percussion, synthesizers and samplers. It's easy to spot some of the artificial elements, but many more of them have been blurred into ...
Although this bold and dynamic acoustic guitar giant's stock in trade is the hybrid of rhumba flamenco, he's electrified smooth jazz audiences everywhere with one of the best live shows in any instrumental based genre. What could be more exciting than a whole hour of his trademark hits and other exotic classics performed in front of an audience in ...
If a Nomad is someone who walks all over the globe aimlessly, then Jesse Cook's album is improperly titled. There's nothing aimless about it; Cook's fiery flamenco style is still the heart of it all and he's more in sync with his guests than most new age artists can be. Showing the proper amount of restraint while accompanying the BoDeans or ...
Ottmar Liebert's popular Nouveau Flamenco sound has never paid strict homage to the history of Spanish guitar; rather, it has combined tradition with modern pop influences to create an accessible style that successfully bridges new age, jazz, and worldbeat. Paris born, Toronto bred Jesse Cook draws from the same ancient rhythms, but takes even ...
Unlike its predecessors, Pure Moods and Celtic Moods, Instrumental Moods doesn't follow any specific style. Instead, it strings together a number of instrumentals from different genres, from new age (Enigma), reggae (Afro Celt Sound System) and worldbeat (Cusco) to rock (Eric Johnson, Santana), film scores (Ennio Morricone), pop (Vaness-Mae) and ...
This collection of new flamenco was selected largely from a number of recordings on Narada. The new flamenco movement ignores the aspects of song and dance that are the bulk of traditional flamenco and instead focuses solely on guitar virtuosity. As such, there's some outstanding guitar work here from a number of worthwhile players. New flamenco ...
Mixing pop hooks, rock edges, and exotic Middle Eastern flavors with his zesty acoustic flamenco guitar, Jesse Cook has no such trouble discovering his own sense of adventure on his third album Vertigo. Cook indeed inspires a happy dizziness daring his listener to keep up with his global jaunts and unique, Tabasco-hot texturing of Art Avalos' ...
Gypsy Soul: New Flamenco is an excellent collection that contains a variety of artists who perform "New Flamenco" -- that is, contemporary variations on classic flamenco themes. There's a variety of different artists here, from hard rocker Slash and fusion star Al di Meola to Miguel de la Bastide, José Luis Encinas, Ottmar Liebart, and Jesse Cook. ...
Following the success of Gypsy Passion and Gypsy Soul, Narada dipped into the nuevo flamenco well a third time with Obsession: New Flamenco Romance. The same basic assessment applies to this compilation as that which applied to its predecessors: flamenco purists will dislike the concessions to popular accessibility and miss the passion and fire of ...
Narada, one of the most established new age labels, presents a two-disc overview of their 20-year history on Best of Narada: New Age. All of the label's heavy hitters are represented, including Keiko Matsui, David Lanz, David Arkenstone, Jesse Cook, John Whelan, and Tingstad & Rumbel. These artists and many more celebrate the varied styles of ...
Narada Guitar: 15 Years of Collected Works is a fine double-disc set that features contributions from almost all of the label's finest guitarists, including David Arkenstone, Eric Tingstad, Peter Maunu, Matthew Montfort, Jesse Cook, William Elwood, Friedemann, Nando Lauria, Oscar Lopez, Randy Roos, Andrew White, and John Doan. All of the music on ...
Launched in 1983 with the release of Pianoscapes by Michael Jones and Heartsounds by David Lanz, Narada Records quickly became a new age mecca and trendsetter for other labels in the fast growing genre. Many years ago, when the label released a compilation of its first decade, the songs were mostly acoustic-based, melodic, and atmospheric gems by ...
Narada Records, pioneers in establishing new instrumental and world music, presents this two-CD set featuring over two hours of contemporary new age guitar work. Covering two decades of music, Narada Guitar, Vol. 2 brings together recordings from many of their top guitarists including Jesse Cook, Willie and Lobo, Oscar Lopez, Eric Tingstad, Billy ...
This Narada collection brings together eight phenomenal flamenco artists. The players here are a who's who of modern day flamenco, including guitarist Rafael Riqueni and renowned flamenco singer Enrique Morente. This collection emphasizes amazing flamenco guitar work and instrumentals like the fierce opening track "Mori Sonando" by Miguel de la ...
Free Fall, Jesse Cook's fourth album, is squarely in the nuevo flamenco guitarist's established pattern: a willfully eclectic blend of flamenco, new age instrumental sensibilities, a touch of pop, and whatever worldbeat influences cross his path: jazz, rumba, pan-African. Still, Cook throws in a few new wrinkles to keep things from becoming ...
The Narada collection Tabu: Mondo Flamenco brings together 14 of the best artists in the fusion of nuevo flamenco with new age music, a style that's quite relaxing but still surprisingly edgy. Obviously, the label's own are represented quite well, with tracks from Willie & Lobo ("Seven Veils"), Jesse Cook ("Switchback"), and Chuscales ("Dangerous ...
Ultimate Jesse Cook doesn't give fans any bonus material, not even the DVD content so popular with mid-2000s retrospectives. But, while it skimps on the extras, the two-disc, 26-song set is a perfect abstract of the guitarist's work for Narada. The 2004 live recording, Montréal, only gets one track ("Closer to Madness"), but Cook's five studio ...
The title says it -- 65 minutes of lush, gorgeous music selected from Narada's libraries, mastered using 20-bit systems. Friedemann, David Arkenstone, Jesse Cook, Nancy Rumbel and Michael Whalen are among the artists presented. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide
Global Transmissions is a double-disc sampler of the tremendous variety of worldbeat artists on the Narada label. Narada artists generally tend to balance tradition with modernity, and thanks to a spirit of experimentation, there's a great deal of music here that comes off as contemporary without seeming calculated (purist outcries notwithstanding ...
The World of Narada showcases the label's 1999 roster, and includes tracks from Artie Traum, John Whelan, and Vas. Greg Ellis' "Minus One," Jesse Cook's "That's Right!," and Oscar Lopez's "Loco por Ti" contribute to the diversity of this album, which spans new age, Celtic, jazz, and world music styles. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Narada Smooth Jazz is a fine sampler that showcases the label's laidback smooth jazz. While jazz purists will find much of this devoid of improvisational content, this is a terrific way to become acquainted with the label and its roster. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Many smooth jazz fans are so passionate about their favorite genre that it's hard for them to fathom that there are people in the world who don't consider Peter White and Warren Hill household names. This type of sampler is the perfect introduction to this popular instrumental realm, but there is an even higher purpose for this collection: it ...
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