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Fahir Atakoğlu / Horatio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez / Anthony Jackson
Itemcode : FH12005 Price : 14.99 USD
Fahir Atakoğlu piano
Horacio El Negro Hernandez drums
Anthony Jackson bass
*Donny McCaslin plays soprano and tenor saxophone
Produced by Fahir Atakoğlu.
All compositions and arrangements by Fahir Atakoğlu except Beyoğlu which is co-arranged with Mehmet Ali Sanlikol.
All music published by © 2005 Fahir Atakoğlu Publishing.
Recorded at Bennett Studios, New Jersey by Dae Bennet between October 12 and 13 , 2004. http://bennett-studios.com
CD Title: If
Year: 2005
Record Label: Far@Here Music
Style: Straight-Ahead / Classic
Review:
What do you get when you place Turkish born composer/pianist Fahir Atakoglu with other cool cats like drummer Horacio Hernandez and bassist Anthony Jackson? A frolicky jam session of a CD entitled If.
Standing alone, these musicians have made their own weighty imprints in the jazz world. Atakoglu is well known for his symphonic works and motion picture film scores. He has churned out eight successful CDs that reaped close to two million in sales. Horacio El Negro Hernandez on the other hand, has backed up such musicians as McCoy Tyner and Carlos Santana, while Anthony Jackson is better known for his works with Paul Simon and Michel Camilo.
The jazz gods would be pleased with the trio's latest compilation. Why? This is because no one musician outshines the other. The musical camaraderie here is transparent as each musician is on equal footing.
The CD's title track "If" is evident of that since it features Atakoglu's versatile way of tickling the ivories darting in and out of the other players in a maypole-like fashion. This CD boasts tracks that is conducive to pure relaxation. It would do well as a perfect companion for your lazy Sunday afternoons spent in your backyard with family and friends.
There's music encapsulated here to suit varied taste and that’s because of Atakoglu’s his expansive piano expertise. He has the ability to make his instrument sound classical one minute, traditional jazz the next and even at times there are saloon type ragtime nuances that slip in for good measure.
The festive "Two Ways" is replete with some of these styles. "About Autumn (Seasons Change)" is the CD's first ballad and it's an enchanting ebb and flow with a romantically tasteful sax appearance by Donny McCaslin. Listen out for "Yana Yana", "Cool" and "Spur of the Night," three singles that are brimming with sunny synths and effervescence galore. "Saturday" is the joyful CD closer that leaves one wanting more of the trio. Thank goodness for the loop button on the CD player.
Mixed and mastered by Istvan Leel Ossy at SOUNDwithVISION, Antwerp, Belgium in February 2005 http://soundwithvision.com
©&P 2005 FAR&HERE Music. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
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| "IF" Review by: Asha Small |
02.11.2007 |
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What do you get when you place Turkish born composer/pianist Fahir Atakoglu with other cool cats like drummer Horacio Hernandez and bassist Anthony Jackson? A frolicky jam session of a CD entitled If.
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| Review from JAZZIZ April 2006 |
07.02.2007 |
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 A Turkish Pianist composer, a Cuban Drummer and an African American Bass Player(with Saxaphonist Danny MacCasslin) jamming on a couple tracks for a good measure in a high energy but deeply lyrical outing recorded in New Jersey and mixed in Antwerpe Belgium,Global jazz indeed.
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| Review from undomundo.com |
07.02.2007 |
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Well I wouldn’t want to show this as a solo album, but the names of these guys added up would take up half the screen together, so I shortened the title a little bit. The correct title should have read Fahir Atakoglu / Horacio El Negro Hernandez / Anthony Jackson - If (what an ironically short album name :)
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| Review from Jazz Times |
07.02.2007 |
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 The music of IF is undeniably skillful and valid and unique, even for listeners not immediately attracted to Fahir Atakoglu’s busy, intricate, higly percussive, rhythm-dominated piano-trio style.
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| Review from ejazznews.com |
07.02.2007 |
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This unique jazz trio (with guest) offers us some intelligent avante garde jazz with nuances from Fahir's eastern culture. Donny McCaslin's ambitious soprano & tenor solos also add some mystique to an already solid & viable CD effort.
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| Review from All About Jazz |
07.02.2007 |
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If - Fahir Atakoglu / Horacio Hernandez / Anthony Jackson | Self Published. If is such a short and simple title for a CD, and this one features a piano trio performing the music in a simple configuration: piano/bass/drums. But nothing's ever as simple as it seems.
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| Bodrum International Jazz Festival with "IF" |
01.07.2006 |
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 Following his concert in Ankara on May 6, Fahir Atakoğlu will also perform on May 9 in Istanbul and on May 10 in Izmir, promoting his latest album, "If"
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