117 Ditmas Avenue

117 Ditmas Avenue Artist: Kasper Villaume Trio
Label: Stunt
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 663993041223
EAN: 0663993041223
ASIN: B0006SUXBM


Release Date: 2005-02-15

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Tracks:

  1. Please Enter-Tain
  2. Dansevise
  3. Seven Steps to Heaven
  4. Autumn Nocturne
  5. Conception
  6. Toys
  7. Caravan
  8. I Fall in Love to Easily
  9. Long Ago and Far Away

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Solid Trio Jazz.......2006-03-18

I had a piano teacher who used to rail against modern pianists for playing too high and for grabbing too many notes. "They want to stuff every damn tension on every damn chord," he used to grumble. "Just keep it simple!" He'd like Kasper Villaume.

He was right, of course. Pianists emulate Bill Evans and they try to lather every chord with spice and richness, and it sounds like mud. What you want to do instead is to grab only the two or three notes that you really mean, and sell them. Kasper Villaume has got that locked. He doesn't play anything "just because," and the result is solidly old-school. It's a great record.

He's backed up by Jesper Bodilsen on bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums. American writers always focus on Tain because he's the only guy they know, and that's a shame because Bodilsen ranks with Vinding and Lundgaard as European bassists who are real heavyweights, guys that every American writer should know about. And because Villaume leaves plenty of space in his playing, all three players drive this album -- which is smart, because these guys are some of the most dynamic performers on their respective instruments, and if you're going to put propellers on a boat then you might as well put it in the water.

Music CD:

  1. Mkwaju ~ Mkwaju Ensemble (Joe Hisaishi)
  2. Waiting for the Sunrise ~ Paris Washboard
  3. 'leven Thirty Saturday Night ~ Back Bay Ramblers
  4. Presenting Cannonball Adderley ~ Cannonball Adderley
  5. Lion & the Lamb ~ Willie %22The Lion%22 Smith
  6. Shawn-Nee ~ Calvin Keys
  7. Six Strings II: The Burning Sessions ~ Various Artists
  8. Tribute to Wes Montgomery ~ Project G-7
  9. Early Birds ~ Bud Powell
  10. The Way We Feel Today ~ James Dapogny

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Woe Is Me ~ Jurassic 5

Five Bridges ~ The Nice

Pickin' on the Beach Boys: A Bluegrass Tribute ~ Various Artists

Sell Your Body (To the Night) ~ Turbonegro

Blowing Free: An Introduction to Wishbone Ash ~ Wishbone Ash

Ilium ~ Telegraph Melts

18 Soul Hits from the '60s ~ Various Artists

Poe Little Rich Girl ~ Jacki-O

Keep It Street/The Spirit ~ Ilacoin

Kizz My Black Azz ~ MC Ren