Jesse Cook - Montreal: Live
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Artist: Jesse CookEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Music Label: Narada
Soundtracks:
- Beloved
- Rattle And Burn
- Cascada
- Breeze From Saintes Maries
- Jumpstart
- Air
- Luna Llena
- Closer To Madness
- Tempest
- Querido Amigo
- Dance Of Spring
- Mario Takes A Walk
- Baghdad
- Fall At Your Feet
Music reviews of Montreal: Live
Music Review: It's close but not quite there
Rating: 4 Stars
In general I like live recordings and I certainly like Jesse Cook. Good performers and good audiences create great performances. For an example of this synergy, try the bonus video tracks of "Mario Takes A Walk" and "Rattle And Burn" on Jesse Cook's "Free Fall". The energy in these performances is, literally, hair-raising.
In "Montreal: Live" the audience is clearly ready to help the performers, much of the band's work is impressive, and Jesse Cook's playing is technically superlative but... The overall feel is Jesse Cook and the band are basically going through the numbers, albeit with some gusto. There are some flashes of fire in the violin and percussion on occasion but nothing that's sustained. It isn't until "Dance of Spring" (track 11 of 13 tracks) that the playing really catches fire despite the obvious energy from the crowd all through the show. "Baghdad" continues the feel started in "Dance of Spring" although the intro lets some of the steam out before it's restored. Then comes "Fall at Your Feet". Placed elsewhere into the performance it would have been acceptable. It's not an encore number and it's not a big closer - it's just plain in the wrong place in the set.
If you do not know Jesse Cook's work, try "Free Fall" or "Gravity" first. If you like his work, buy "Montreal: Live" but don't expect a stunning performance. It's close but not quite there.
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Technical asides: Live albums and crowd noise first. Drunks yelling "play bleepin' 'Freebird', man" in the middle of an inspired acapella rendition of "Seven Bridges Road" should be strung up by the neck and left dangling, as an example for other would-be fools. But an auduence that's into the performance and is with the performers becomes an integral part of the performance and not just a flaw to be ignored. I can think of live albums where audience sounds are all but lost and the result is more like an odd studio album without the immediacy of the audience keeping time or cheering brilliant playing.
Jesse Cook's runs in "Montreal: Live" are, as best I can tell, backed by the percussion section and not solely the result of pickup noise or overloading. Where he's playing on the fingerboard, the notes, on even the best of guitars, simply lack the ring of lower registers. In a lesser player, the runs might seem flawed but I'm confident that what's played is played by choice.
Description of Montreal: Live
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Jesse Cook is a worldbeat musician in the truest sense of the word; he doesn?t just pick a style and repackage it, he is respected both by listeners and players alike for constantly seeking inspiration and tutelage from all over the world. A longtime fan of music from Spain, Africa, Egypt, Brazil, France and Cuba, Jesse Cook?s Montreal evokes each of those countries and then some on this, his sixth CD and first live disc.
Cook has a history of hooking up with talented players; previous contributors to his million-selling catalogue include cellist Ofra Harnoy, fellow Canuck Holly Cole, and Brazillian jazz phenom Flora Purim. His choice of players for Montréal are equally talented; that point is made clear right from the opening cut, "Beloved." Fellow Canadian, Maryem Tollar sets the stage with her incredible, ghostly Arabic vocals; from that romantic, moody brilliance right to the disc?s undulating climax of "Baghdad," the perpetual motion of Gypsy Kings-meets-Cirque du Soleil sounds resonate throughout the disc. The audience?s adoration of the performer and his wonderfully percussive live show (recorded at Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal) allows the feverish applause to carry the enthusiasm over to the live disc itself.
There will always be a debate among purists as to whether accessible worldbeat or jazz is too easy-listening; ultimately, Cook is one part gifted guitar player, another part masterful showman. Even in the context of listening to a live CD, the energy that he gives to and subsequently receives from his fans on Montréal is contagious and musically rewarding.--Denise Sheppard
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