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CD Reviews: Mary Fettig, “Brazilian Footprints”
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Posted by: editoron Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 06:15 PM |
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By: Edward Blanco
The first woman instrumentalist to play with the great Stan Kenton Orchestra at the tender age of twenty, saxophonist and flautist Mary Fettig is a musical pioneer presenting one exquisite and captivating piece of music with her third offering as leader on “Brazilian Footprints.” A San Francisco native and educator, Fettig records a collection of new and less familiar covers of Brazilian music from various Brazilian composers, two of whom perform on this album.
Pianist Marcos Silva and guitarist Chico Pinheiro contribute half of the compositions. While Fettig plays alto, soprano saxes and the flute, she is also joined by bassist Scott Thompson, drummer Celso Alberti, Alex Calatayud on the pandeiro, Michael Spiro on percussions and Claudia Villella on vocals.
From the opening Silva piece “Take the RR Train,” the music takes flight with delicious Brazilian grooves that lift your spirits with excitement. Fettig starts out playing the flute on the opener and switches to the alto on Pinheiro’s lovely sweet love ballad, “Nova” which sets the stage for one of the best numbers on this disc in “On the Groove of the Jequibau Rhythm.”
Performing a bit of Brazilian Maxixe rhythms, the lady once again takes the flute on a lofty ride with“Baixixe.” Every track here is outstanding as Fettig rounds out the program with three excellent tunes one better than the other. Beginning with Eneias Xavier’s worldly “Inspiration on the Corner,” the music flows to the very jazzy Silva masterpiece “Gliders” where the lady plays one heck of an alto solo in a slow soft burner of a tune. She ends performing on soprano with the Claudio Roditi/Ricardo Silviera score “The Monster and the Flower.”
No question about this one, “Brazilian Footprints” is one of the best recordings of the year. Mary Fettig sculpts a monster recording of Brazilian rhythms that is also jazzy to the core, sure to guarantee many spins and draw critical acclaim from aficionados and jazz audiences everywhere.
Year: 2008
Label: F major Records
Artist Web: www.maryfettig.com
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