Album Review: Brasil from Scott Wilkie
Album: Brasil
Artist: Scott Wilkie
Label: Beach Music Studios
Website: https://scottwilkie.com
Keyboardist Scott Wilkie and his crew, consisting of Jimmy Haslip on electric bass, Kleber Jorge on guitar and vocals, and Jeff Olson on drums and shakers, craft flattering interpretations of a handful of traditional Brazilian songs on his latest CD Brasil. Recorded in two and a half days, the recording is produced by Wilkie with Haslip serving as the associate producer. Wherever the musicians take their interpretations, one common factor shared in each track is that the music is fluid and elevating, making for a collection that has mass appeal and demonstrates the musicians keen rapport.
The romantic lure inherent in Latin-imbued rhythms is well pronounced in the flowing instrumentation of "Aindo Lembro," enhanced by intervals of twinkling notes in Wilkie's piano keys. Meanwhile, the dance rhythm propelling "Mais Que Nada" is festooned in cha-cha style patterns fringed by the gossamery guitar motifs of Kleber Jorge, cobbwebbing an elegant flamenco-like swagger. The pensive doodling of Wilkie's keys dashing across "Only a Dream in Rio" builds a soothing lather along the track while the tapping pellets of his keys in "Eu Vim Da Bahia" are intermittently dawdling and sprinting to an Afro-Cuban beat.
The one original track on the recording "Nothing Yet," which Wilkie first recorded on his debut album, is pronged in sparkling instrumentation that produces an uplifting spirit. The band's re-imagining of "Chega de Saudade," which is touted as one of the first bossa nova tunes composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, is equally uplifting adorned in refined trimmings woven by Wilkie's keys and the gyrating motions of the percussive applications. The tingling sensations emitting from Wilkie's keys in "Noturna" dab the track in graceful arches that turn to a silky shimmer through "Voltar Pro Rio."
Scott Wilkie is no stranger to Brazilian rhythms, having incorporated many of its melodies into his live shows but Brasil marks the first time in his prodigious career that he recorded a full length album dedicated to the Latin soul of Brazilian rhythms. The musicians parts came together beautifully as though they were each weaned on these melodies. Their musical expressions meld amicably, showing a tight repartee.
Musicians:
Scott Wilkie - piano, rhodes, minimoog
Jimmy Haslip - electric bass
Kleber Jorge - guitar and vocals
Jeff Olson - drums, shakers
Gibi dos Santos - percussion
Ronnie Foster - B3 organ
Erdis Maxhelaku - cello
Kevin Winard - congas
Diana Booker - vocals
Josie James - vocals
Artist: Scott Wilkie
Label: Beach Music Studios
Website: https://scottwilkie.com
Keyboardist Scott Wilkie and his crew, consisting of Jimmy Haslip on electric bass, Kleber Jorge on guitar and vocals, and Jeff Olson on drums and shakers, craft flattering interpretations of a handful of traditional Brazilian songs on his latest CD Brasil. Recorded in two and a half days, the recording is produced by Wilkie with Haslip serving as the associate producer. Wherever the musicians take their interpretations, one common factor shared in each track is that the music is fluid and elevating, making for a collection that has mass appeal and demonstrates the musicians keen rapport.
The one original track on the recording "Nothing Yet," which Wilkie first recorded on his debut album, is pronged in sparkling instrumentation that produces an uplifting spirit. The band's re-imagining of "Chega de Saudade," which is touted as one of the first bossa nova tunes composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, is equally uplifting adorned in refined trimmings woven by Wilkie's keys and the gyrating motions of the percussive applications. The tingling sensations emitting from Wilkie's keys in "Noturna" dab the track in graceful arches that turn to a silky shimmer through "Voltar Pro Rio."
Scott Wilkie is no stranger to Brazilian rhythms, having incorporated many of its melodies into his live shows but Brasil marks the first time in his prodigious career that he recorded a full length album dedicated to the Latin soul of Brazilian rhythms. The musicians parts came together beautifully as though they were each weaned on these melodies. Their musical expressions meld amicably, showing a tight repartee.
Musicians:
Scott Wilkie - piano, rhodes, minimoog
Jimmy Haslip - electric bass
Kleber Jorge - guitar and vocals
Jeff Olson - drums, shakers
Gibi dos Santos - percussion
Ronnie Foster - B3 organ
Erdis Maxhelaku - cello
Kevin Winard - congas
Diana Booker - vocals
Josie James - vocals
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