Sorey soars on an understated salute to jazz masters, Madonna celebrates (and undermines) her legacy, and The Phantom Blues Band pays tribute to deceased bandmate Mike Finnigan
One of the most acclaimed, versatile and adventurous American musicians to emerge in this century, Tyshawn Sorey is — at 42 — almost dizzyingly multifaceted.
That is exactly what Sorey does on “Mesmerism,” which teams him with pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Matt Brewer. The album includes a sublime version of Duke Ellington’s “REM Blues,” as well as compositions by pianist Muhal Richard Abrams and drummer Paul Motian, whose work in the legendary Bill Evans Trio and as an enterprising band leader is an inspiration to Sorey.
Even better is the trio’s quietly stunning interpretation of Bill Evans’ elegantly bluesy “Detour Ahead.” It features pianist Diehl and bassist Brewer deftly modulating into different keys as Sorey adds unexpected percussive accents that always sound exactly right. Madonna is shown at The DiscOasis at Wollman Rink in Manhattan’s Central Park, where she celebrated the release of her new 3-CD compilation on Aug. 10.The good news for Madonna is that she is the only artist who has topped Billboard magazine’s Dance Club Songs Chart 50 times.of Billboard’s many national charts 50 times, a feat memorialized on this three-CD collection of remixed versions of those hits.
That may well be why “Finally Some Love” was first released in June as a a 16-song, single-disc album before the 50-song edition came out last month. In either form, one-CD or three, there are problems here that even someone as tenacious as Madonna can’t overcome. To further compound matters, she curiously favors remixes by such marginally skilled collaborators as producers Offer Nissim, Bob Sinclair, Deep Dish, LMFAO and the lone-named Sasha.
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