Robert,
I have to agree with you about Ry Cooder on Buena Vista. Although I hold him very high regard as a musician, a writer and as a producer. the Cuban musicians are so connected to each other and intuitive about the playing of their fellow band members that Ry is pretty much superfluous. i understand why he went for the slide guitar but the result is a bit of a mish-mash for me. With Ali Farka Toure the production and seamless playing gave Ry a textural fit that was not at all obtrusive. To me the Cubans are just so damn goooood and they seem steeped in the foundation and layers of Cuban music!
leslie/The Power of Sound
Original Message -----
From: robert@vaneglory.com
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: St.Germaine NYC/Buena Vista/2banks of 4
Re: St. Germaine NYC-
Hey, thanks for the reviews.
I've got my tickets for this Friday @ The Commodore(Vancouver) and I'm all excited!
Re: Buena Vista Social Club-
When I watched the movie I had the exact same reaction to Ry Cooder's slide playing,
"intrusive" and out of place.
Re: 2banks of 4-
Just picked it up yesterday based on all the buzz here.
Some nice bits amongst all the fusion.
But I'm not really hearing it yet. Sorry.
I'll give it another shot though.
PS: And ya, what do you mean by '2-step'?
Its still not clear to me from this recent thread.
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