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One for Helen Eduardo Isaac Label: GHA Ref: CD - 126.056 Prix: 18 € tout compris Stock: 
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Ce projet est né de ma profonde admiration pour trois des plus grands musiciens de la seconde moitié du 20è siècle — Miles Davis, Bill Evans et Keith Jarrett — qui maîtrisent tous trois un langage personnel d’une originalité contondante, sans étiquettes ni concessions, reflétant avec une douloureuse lucidité l’art de notre époque. Mon amour pour cette musique m’a engagé à l’imaginer à la guitare et à réaliser ces adaptations en partant d’un principe, celui de traduire fidèlement l’idiome du compositeur au travers de ce que peut lui offrir mon instrument : sa sonorité intime, ses couleurs subtiles et sa fragilité touchante. Si ma recherche a du succès, le plus grand apport de cette démarche aura été de mettre en lumière la richesse d’une musique, bien plus que le moyen utilisé pour la traduire, tout en lui conservant son émotion pure et son envol sans limites. Tout peut s’expliquer plus facilement encore en savourant la présence sublime de Badi Assad. Il m’est difficile de trouver ici les mots justes capables d’exprimer mon sentiment de gratitude pour son art.
Eduardo Isaac
REVIEW :
In 1975, pianist Keith Jarrett recorded a series of sustained solo improvisations in Köln, Germany, which heralded a revolution in acoustic music. On Eduardo Isaac's current release, "One for Helen," the classical guitarist meticulously adapts excerpts from Jarrett's "Köln Concerts" and also includes seminal compositions by Bill Evans and Miles Davis. The success of this recording lies in the fact that Isaac does not merely transcribe the artists' masterworks, but instead interprets each piece and arranges it to fit the sonic intricacies of his own instrument. Isaac ingeniously captures the emotion, richness, and integrity of the music itself. Assisting Isaac in this ambitious endeavor is Badi Assad on wordless vocals and percussion. Assad has a unique and extraordinary talent cleverly complementing Isaac throughout most of the recording. While at times her transcendent presence may appear to be asynchronous to the music, her creative contributions are not dissimilar to Jarrett's own vocalizations during the original improvisations. On the other hand, her poignant performance on Miles Davis's timeless "Blue in Green" is perhaps one of the finest vocal interpretations of his music . Assad skillfully articulates every nuance and emotional inflection of the legendary Jazz trumpeter's ubiquitous style. Eduardo Isaac's "One for Helen" is truly a triumph for the acoustic guitar , exploring and pushing the sonic capabilities of the instrument. His stellar performance of the Jarrett compositions is nothing short of miraculous. Isaac also proves to be a consummate interpreter of traditional American music. Although most classical guitarists can sound sterile and superficial when performing Jazz standards, Isaac swings eloquently and effortlessly throughout this recording. The guitarist redefines the parameters of his instrument and in doing so has created a true masterpiece in his own right. This is unquestionably one of the greatest acoustic guitar albums of 2005 and quite possibly many years to follow.
© James Scott www.minor7th.com
Eduardo Isaac has already notched up eight recordings for GHA « the label for the guitar » and each one has, as with virtually any other GHA recording, proved to be a landmark of quality, superb musicianship, refined taste in material and era-defining production ; you’ll not be surprised then that this latest venture is nothing short of miraculous (…) Isaac, like many other musicians of great integrity, taste etc. has a great love of Jarrett’s music, but as far as I know he is the first to actually tackle the task of translating Jarrett’s genius on the keyboard to the fingerboard (…) The Bill Evans and Miles Davis arrangements are brilliant excursions of fiendishly expressive harmony ; the solo guitar has never sounded so full, luscious even. Badi Assad wins me over here, her voice is beautiful.
Favourites come and go but this record will be with me for a long while yet. One of the essential buys of 2005. Highly recommended. If we had a star system this would get a six … out of five.
Tim Panting — Classical Guitar
| No | Compositeur | Titre | Commentaires | Durée | Extraits |
| 1 | Keith Jarrett |
The Köln Concert Introduzione |
All arrangements for guitar by Eduardo Isaac | 03:00 | |
| 2 | Keith Jarrett |
The Köln Concert Ostinado |
Vocals and body percussion by Badi Assad | 04:10 | |
| 3 | Keith Jarrett |
The Köln Concert Lento |
02:21 | ||
| 4 | Keith Jarrett |
The Köln Concert Moto perpetuo |
Vocals and body percussion by Badi Assad | 06:29 | |
| 5 | Keith Jarrett |
The Köln Concert Andante |
Vocals and body percussion by Badi Assad | 04:52 | |
| 6 | Keith Jarrett |
The Köln Concert Andantino |
51:00 | ||
| 7 | Keith Jarrett |
The Köln Concert Finale |
Vocals and body percussion by Badi Assad | 03:42 | |
| 8 | Bill Evans |
Waltz for Debby |
08:55 | ||
| 9 | Bill Evans |
One for Helen |
03:53 | ||
| 10 | Miles Davis |
Blue in Green |
Vocals and body percussion by Badi Assad | 06:13 | |
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