CD: Live in Venice, 1999Tony Green, solo guitar Lallo Orlandi, rhythm guitar Sandro Caparelli, bass Bruno Presidente, drums Produced by Archtop Eddy Recorded/Mixed by Piero Bellini Tracks: Avalon Douce Joie Cavalerie Anniversary Song La Foule La Gitane El Chucklo Petite Fleur Nuages/Daphne Sweet Georgia Brown Souvenirs de Montmartre What Is This Thing...? Funiculi, Funicula That's A-Plenty Reviews Baton Rouge Auditor This second CD release from New Orleans guitarist and painter Tony Green showcases the Venetian version of his gypsy jazz trio captured live. Accompanying him is Lallo Orlandi (rhythm guitar) and Sandro Caparelli (bass); Bruno Presidente sits in on drums for a few numbers. While background noise is audible (clinking glasses and talk), there is little to distract from the music. The old American swing tune “Avalon” opens the set at a brisk pace; it starts quietly, builds in intensity, and includes a furious stop-time chorus. “Douce Joie,” an old valse musette (accordion waltz) by Gus Viseur, immediately quiets things down a bit, but the audience is fully engaged by Green's first solo chorus of "Cavalerie," a Django Reinhardt composition given very modern and energetic treatment. From there it is all variety, energy and a great deal of pizzazz: there is "Anniversary Song" by Al Jolson (!), a raucous Latin waltz by Angel Cabral, the fiendishly difficult gypsy valse by Tchan-Tchou Vidal ("La Gitane") and a stately version of Sidney Bechet's "Petite Fleur." Three hot club jazz classics follow ("Nuages," "Daphne," and "Sweet Georgia Brown"), all of which feature Green's considerable chops. Green then turns in a lovely rendition of the musette classic "Souvenirs de Montmartre," followed by an edgy version of the jazz standard "What Is This Thing Called Love?" For comic relief, the trio plays "Funiculi, Funicula," a good-humored song from Naples, where Green was born. The performance ends with a rollicking "That's A-Plenty," and the disc as a whole is indeed just that: plentiful variety, plentiful skill, and a plentiful good time. -- The Auditor |
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