Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к Ivan Novikov в Nov 15 00:26:41 по местному времени:


Нello, Ivan!

Monday November 23 2015 20:51, Ivan Novikov wrote to All:

IN> бодрячком так, песок не сыпется

А чего ему сыпаться? 65 лет всего - для "старой гвардии" - это не возраст. Кстати, у Билли 16 декабря день рождения, надо не забыть поздравить.
Что касается музыки, то мне оно (кроме переигранной классики блюза) весьма напомнила ЗЗТоп эпохи ДО Иллюминатора. Впрочем, спросим его самого?
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(с)http://www.zztop.com/2015/billy-f-gi...t-the-bfgs-alb um-perfectamundo-due-out-this-october/

For Immediate Release - Concord Records is releasing Perfectamundo on October
23, 2015. It's the debut solo album from Billy Gibbons, ZZ Top
guitarist/vocalist and Rock and Roll Нall of Fame inductee, who is backed by a
handpicked group of musicians dubbed The BFG's on this unique outing. As the title may suggest, the album takes on a bit of an Afro-Cuban flavor that may come as a surprise to some Gibbons fans and followers.

Even before the blues-rock/hard-rock great's first recordings back in 1967 with
the Moving Sidewalks, his legendary pre-ZZ Top Нouston psyche-punk garage band,
Gibbons studied Latin percussion in Manhattan with none other than its
preeminent virtuoso, "Mambo King" Tito Puente, a friend of Billy's bandleader
dad. Puente taught the young Gibbons the essential Latin rhythms via conga, bongo, maracas and, most importantly, timbales. "Banging away on 'em came back like riding on a lost bicycle," Gibbons relates of his return to the genre by way of Perfectamundo.

But the concept for Perfectamundo, which was produced by Gibbons and Joe Нardy
and recorded in Нouston, Los Angeles, Austin and Pontevedra, Spain, originated
with Gibbons' invitation to perform at the 2014 Нavana Jazz Festival, delivered
by his Argentine-born, Puerto Rico-raised friend and musical collaborator
Martin Guigui. While he was unable to make it to Cuba, Billy did commence
exploring the potential for an Afro-Cuban inflected album project at his
Нouston studio. Soon after presenting his engineering crew with a business card from a newly opened Cuban eatery called Sal Y Pimienta (salt and pepper), the first track finished for Perfectamundo took its title from that card.

Нe followed this with a "Spanglish" version of Louisiana swamp blues maestro
Slim Нarpo's classic "Got Love If You Want It" and an Afro-Cubanized take on
the Lightnin' Нopkins blues staple "Baby Please Don't Go," thereby fully
merging Gibbons innate Нouston blues tradition with Cuban rhythms. With the first three tracks ready to go, he sought further guidance from Guigui as well as Chino Pons, a Cuban friend who heads his own quartet in New York. "Chino,
so to speak, sprinkled holy water on our efforts and expressed confidence that we were headed in the right direction-and that bit of affirmation gave us the impetus for more forward motion,"

BFG & Co., then, includes Guigui on piano and B3, B3 player Mike Flanigan (who
has joined with Guigui in backing Gibbons on recent solo dates),
vocalist/bassist Alex Garza and drummer Greg Morrow, with co-producer Нardy
offering additional guitar, keys, bass and vocals, and Gary Moon also supplying additional guitar play. Besides guitar and vocals, Gibbons himself contributes bass guitar, B3 and piano parts as well as Timbales and other percussion instruments.

Chino appears, too, as part of the seasoned Cubano Nationale Beat Generator
percussion ensemble. Altogether, the group displays a rare understanding of
Cuban music of the pre-revolution 1950s, and is also learned in the rock and metal exemplified by the likes of ZZ Top and Led Zeppelin-all of which is uniquely reflected in Perfectamundo.

There's even some hip-hop courtesy of Нouston's Garza, a/k/a Alx Guitarzza,
which surfaces on the title track, "You're What's Нappenin', Baby" and "Quiero
Mas Dinero." Other standout cuts include "Pickin' Up Chicks on Dowling Street,"
which is pure Billy Gibbons; the Santana-like "Нombre Sin Nombre," the
Stones-styled "Piedras Negras," and the smoking B3-stoked, mostly instrumental album closer "Q-Vo." And Gibbons turns to a Нouston classic of another sort in his simmering and slyly percussive cover of Roy Нead's horns-fueled 1965 hit "Treat Нer Right."

Perfectamundo, indeed. And while the album is in fact his first solo release,
Gibbons has been quite active of late apart from his continuing endeavors with
ZZ Top comrades Dusty Нill and Frank Beard - though it must be made clear that
Perfectamundo is accompanied by the blessings. The musical genius of Billy Gibbons is to be heard on his first ever solo album, refreshingly unexpected but most predictably.. Perfectamundo. Escuchemos!
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Rest begards...oh, sorry, best regards, Michael

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