{"id":146,"date":"2010-08-07T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T16:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephachambers.com\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2010-08-07T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T16:23:50","slug":"chuck-vecoli-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/?page_id=146","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Vecoli Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Reviewed by: Chuck Vecoli<\/p>\n<p>CD Review: http:\/\/www.jazzchicago.net\/reviews\/2010\/QuickHits8.html<\/p>\n<p>by Brad Walseth<\/p>\n<p>Veteran drummer\/vibraphonist Joe Chambers has played with many of the  greats in his storied career, including Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson,  Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus and Max  Roach (as a member of M\u2019Boom), but has had little opportunity to play  the part of leader until recently. On his new recording, From Horace to  Max, Chambers pays tribute to Horace Silver and his mentor Max Roach,  while also covering songs from Monk, Shorter, Marcus Miller (\u201cWater  Babies\u201d and \u201cPortia\u201d both recorded by Miles Davis) and Kenny Dorham  (\u201cAsiatic Raes\u201d \u2013 recorded by Freddie Hubbard and played frequently by  the Horace Silver-era Jazz Messengers). Chambers keeps things pretty  straight-ahead, but that doesn\u2019t diminish the excitement of this  well-played music. He is joined by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander,  bassist Dwayne Burno, pianist Xavier Davis and percussionist Steve  Berrios.<\/p>\n<p>An intriguing version of \u201cAsiatic Raes\u201d opens things with  Oriental-sounding piano over Afro-Cuban rhythms before catapulting into  the the walking middle section \u2013 with Burno walking like he is on hot  coals heated by Chambers\u2019 propulsive drumming. Great solos by Alexander,  Davis and Burno and a kicking arrangement turn this 1960s\u2019 number into a  modern classic. Chambers switches over to vibes on Silver\u2019s \u201cEcaroh\u201d \u2013  letting his \u201cM\u2019Boom\u201d bandmate Berrios take the drum chair, and proves to  be as masterful on the vibraphones as he is on drums. Gentler than  Silver\u2019s version, but with exciting shifts in tempo, this track features  gorgeous work from everyone, especially Chambers and Alexander who  sounds somewhat like a \u2018 50s era Coltrane. Chambers overdubs his vibes  on a stellar new take on Roach\u2019s \u201cMan From South Africa, which features  nice solos from pianist Davis and Berrios on percussion, \u201d while  vocalist Nicole Guiland fills the voice duties (previously done by Abbey  Lincoln) on \u201cMendacity\u201d (both from 1961\u2019s Percussion Bittersweet) and  does a pleasing job, although her voice lacks the weight and grit of  Lincoln\u2019s. \u201cPortia\u201d is removed from the intense introspection of the  Miles version, and given new life with Chambers doubling on marimba and  vibes on this pleasant arrangement, as well as on the waltzing \u201cWater  Babies.\u201d Guiland returns on the entertaining Roach\/Lincoln number  \u201cLonesome Lover\u201d \u2013 which also features Pittsburgh\u2019s finest bass player  Richie Goode and Helen Sung on piano. Thelonious Monk\u2019s jumpy \u201cEvidence\u201d  is punched up with great tight ensemble work, and the album ends on a  high note with Chambers\u2019 original kalimba-on-marimba-centered \u201cAfreeka.\u201d  Besides the interesting new arrangements of these classic tunes and the  excellent performances, the album truly benefits from the advances in  sound engineering to captivate the listener with its crisp yet warm  sound.<\/p>\n<p>CD Review: http:\/\/jazz883.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/new-music-jazz-american-french-and.html<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/\">Joe Chambers Web Site <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by: Chuck Vecoli CD Review: http:\/\/www.jazzchicago.net\/reviews\/2010\/QuickHits8.html by Brad Walseth Veteran drummer\/vibraphonist Joe Chambers has played with many of the greats in his storied career, including Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus and Max Roach (as a member of M\u2019Boom), but has had little opportunity to play the part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":31,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions\/147"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephachambers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}