Acoustic Alchemy - This Way
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Artist: Acoustic AlchemyBrand: ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-05
Music Label: Narada
Soundtracks:
- Love Is All There Is
- Ernie
- Who Knows
- Slampop
- Out of Nowhere
- This Way
- Tied Up with String
- Only in My Dreams
- Carlos the King
- Egg
- Now I'm on My Way
Music reviews of This Way
Music Review: It is actually great!
Rating: 5 Stars
Hi there!
I thought for sure that this was gonna get all 5 star reviews because this CD sure is one of their best releases. I have about 8 of their CDs and this is as good as anyone. Me and my wife both love it and play it often. It holds repeated play very well ;-)
Sure, they they are stretching out a bit more and maybe less "acoustic" but who cares when they add soundscapes of Metheny caliber and mix it with very clever and haunting melodies.
Love it!!
Description of This Way
Acoustic Alchemy are the British acoustic guitar duo of Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale, and with "This Way" they are celebrating a remarkable two decades since their debut with 1987's Red Dust. For all this time they have been a quiet phenomenom, constantly topping the jazz charts in the USA, being nominated for GRAMMY's and touring the world. Following the pop-soul vibe of 2005's "American English", the duo have delivered their most aggressive and swinging, hard rocking and artfully jazzy disc to date. The regular touring/recording band of Terry Disley, Snake Davis, Fred White, Julian Crampton and Greg Grainger are joined by guests such as the buzz-of-today pianist Neil Cowley, trumpeter Rick Braun, saxman Jeff Kashiwa and, on the reggae-tinged Ernie, the great Specials Trombonist, Dennis Rollins. Just two tracks, "Out of Nowhere" and "This Way" feature only the duo - the rest are a fine mix of old-school soul/jazz, funk, reggae, and rock with a mixture of electric guitars, acoustic guitars and the horn section all combining to create a smooth but completely passionate album of classy jazzy guitar music.It's difficult to imagine another contemporary jazz group pulling off the neat melding of reggae and Latin music that Acoustic Alchemy achieves on "Ernie," its soulful tribute to Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin. But you're unlikely to hear sitar effects and hip-hop on the same track, either, except if it's A.A.'s "Only in My Dreams." The longstanding British unit, co-led by guitarists Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale, is in an especially expansive mood on "This Way," in terms of instrumentation (the guest players include trumpeter Rick Braun and saxist Jeff Kashiwa) and stylistic diversity. It's an album that pulls a Burt Bacharach-style melody on one song and utilizes tricky modern time schemes on the next. Programming is plentiful but restrained, placing the emphasis where it should be: on the clever writing and enthusiastic playing. --Lloyd Sachs
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