The Dreamers

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艺人: John Zorn
语种: 英语
厂牌: Tzadik
发行时间: 2008年02月19日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Thom Jurek

The Dreamers, by John Zorn and his septet, is for all practical purposes a sequel of sorts to 2001's

The Gift

, which was -- and perhaps remains -- Zorn's most &accessible& record. That said, there some key differences in the approach to this new set. Most of the band from the former record are back: guitarist

Marc Ribot

is here, as are keyboardist

Jamie Saft

, drummer

Joey Baron

, bassist

Trevor Dunn

(who was one of three bassists on

The Gift

), and percussionist

Cyro Baptista

. Zorn does play some alto saxophone as well, but his performance is not prevalent as an instrumentalist.

Dave Douglas

' trumpet is absent, and has been replaced by the vibes work of

Kenny Wollesen

. The music? It's funnier in a way, trickier and more exotic without being &exotica& the way

The Gift

was. In fact, one can hear the actual influences on Zorn's musical consciousness, literally pick them out track for track on The Dreamers. The devotion the composer has for popular styles is well ed -- whether from film noir and exploitation movie soundtracks, surf music, incidental commercial music, library records, etc. Things are fairly straightforward here until &Toys,& track five of this 11-cut, nearly 53-minute album. &Mow Mow,& which may be a play on the term &Mau Mau,& is a nearly straight-ahead surf ballad that comes more from

the Ventures

than from

Dick Dale

. It's not blasted with reverb and its tempo is easy and breezy, offering a twilight look at the world. The beautiful organ work by

Saft

and the timing of

Wollesen

's vibes are uncanny, as they bracket

Ribot

's understated and elegant guitar work. The piece croons and drifts its way though several surf motifs before whispering to a close. &Uluwati& threatens to become another surf number, but instead it veers left and becomes a kind of incidental television theme number. One can picture a blend of The Simpsons and The Jetsons here, with the interplay between the guitars and vibes and the reverbed hand percussion skittering in the backdrop. This is the way

Piero Umiliani

would sound with

Duane Eddy

. ...

The Dreamers

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