{"id":485,"date":"2009-02-15T06:33:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T06:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ferencnemeth.com\/music\/?p=485"},"modified":"2011-12-15T07:22:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T07:22:16","slug":"gilfema2-downbeat-article-by-peter-margasak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferencnemeth.com\/music\/2009\/02\/15\/gilfema2-downbeat-article-by-peter-margasak\/","title":{"rendered":"GilFeMa+2 DownBeat article by Peter Margasak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gilfema + 2 \u00bb OBLIQSOUND 512<\/p>\n

Only someone confined to\u00a0a cave over the last few\u00a0decades would not be
\naware that jazz is an international music nowa- days. But many listeners still don\u2019t know that its global reach has long eclipsed the yearning of foreign musicians to imitate the music invented here in the United States.<\/p>\n

The most exciting development has been a rapid progression of jazz where far-flung players bring their own native traditions into the fold. Purists may scoff, but this phenomenon has injected the music with new energy and ideas. Although the trio known as Gilfema is based in the U.S., its members all hail from the other side of the pond. Singer and guitarist Lionel Loueke is from Benin, drummer Ferenc Nemeth is from Hungary and bassist Massimo Biolcati is Swedish\u2013Italian. They all work together in Loueke\u2019s acclaimed trio, but whereas that pro- ject sticks to its leader\u2019s repertoire, here they all\u00a0bring in material and more freely range outside of the jazz tradition\u2014 although its sensibility provides the music\u2019 s guiding force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The melodies are buoy- ant and celebratory, the rhythms danceable and spry, neatly blending African and European sources into a winning<\/p>\n

hybrid that can\u2019t be easily unraveled. But the focus is on the point where the cultures and these individuals come together. Located within the accessible grooves is a steady stream of high-level interaction and extended harmony. Loueke\u2019s knack for adding vocals to his fluid guitar lines sounds freer here than with his own trio. For the group\u2019s second album, the lineup was extended to a quintet, with the clarinets of Anat Cohen (an Israeli, upping the international quotient) and John Ellis. Their lines were clearly added to pre-existing tunes, but the arrange- ments add new twists to the tunes (or carry them on something like the tender \u201cMorning Dew\u201d), and their solos feel connected to the overall sound. \u2014Peter Margasak<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gilfema + 2: Twins; Question Of Perspective; Your World; Salom\u00e9; LonLon Gnin; Morning Dew; Festa; Cove; One\u2019s Mind\u2019s Eye; Master Of The Obvious. (52:48)
\nPersonnel: Lionel Loueke, vocals, guitar; Freenc Nemeth, drums; Massimo Biolcati, bass; Anat Cohen, clarinet; John Ellis, bass clarinet, ocarina.<\/p>\n

Read more here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.downbeat.com\/digitaledition\/2009\/DB0209\/_art\/DB0209.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gilfema + 2 \u00bb OBLIQSOUND 512 Only someone confined to\u00a0a cave over the last few\u00a0decades would not be aware that jazz is an international music nowa- days. But many listeners still don\u2019t know that its global reach has long eclipsed the yearning of foreign musicians to imitate the music invented<\/p>\n

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