Name: Next par Soulive
Brand: Soulive
SKU: 724353586959
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3.5 (91 reviews)

COMPILATION

On a mission to update the jazz organ tradition, Soulive maintains a tight groove throughout Next. Their approach involves narrowing the creative options, then turning up the heat within the confined space they allow themselves. Where drummers in old-school jazz organ groups played freely around the backbeat, Soulive's Alan Evans never misses the two and four. His brother Neal Evans imposes similar restrictions on himself by staying with essentially the same timbre on organ -- a thin, steamy sound, with a crisp percussive bite -- while Eric Krasno cultivates a shallow blues/jazz tone on guitar. A bone-dry production highlights this constriction, where every note and snare hit crackles in high definition. The songwriting is limited as well to riff-driven tunes with minimal melodic content. That leaves performance as the wild card, and here Soulive doesn't fail. From the relaxed pace of "Nay Nay" to the sprint clip of the Headhunters-flavored "Whatever It Is," the band demonstrates an almost frightening command of nuance in its rhythmic interplay and antiseptic articulation. On instrumental tracks, as well as when backing raps on "Clap!" and "Bridge To Bama" or moaning bedroom vocals on " Don't Know," Soulive makes a strong case on Next for consideration as the hottest rhythm unit of the moment. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk

1. Tuesday Night's Squad

par Soulive

Artiste Principal: Soulive; Interprète principal
Interprète: Sam Kininger; Interprète
Compositeur: Neal Evans
Kurt Rosenwinkel; Compositeur
Ingénieur De Mastering: Leon Zervos; Production
Mixage: Mark Mitchell; Production
Producteur: Soulive; Production
Enregistrement: Mark Mitchell; Production
Personnel De Studio: Mark Mitchell
Leon Zervos; Production
Arrangeur De Cor: Sam Kininger; Autre

2. Flurries

par Soulive

Artiste Principal: Soulive; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Eric Krasno
Clarence Scarborough; Compositeur
Ingénieur De Mastering: Leon Zervos; Production
Mixage: Mark Mitchell; Production
Producteur: Soulive; Production
Enregistrement: Mark Mitchell; Production
Personnel De Studio: Leon Zervos
Mark Mitchell; Production

3. Liquid

par Soulive

Artiste Principal: Soulive; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Nigel Evans; Compositeur
Ingénieur De Mastering: Leon Zervos; Production
Mixage: Mark Mitchell; Production
Producteur: Soulive; Production
Enregistrement: Mark Mitchell; Production
Personnel De Studio: Leon Zervos
Mark Mitchell; Production

4. Joyful Girl

par Soulive

Artiste Vedette: Dave Matthews; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Soulive; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Ani Difranco; Compositeur
Parolier: Ani Difranco; Compositeur
Producteur: Soulive
Glen Ballard; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ani Difranco; Autre

5. Kalen

par Soulive

Artiste Principal: Soulive; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Alan Evans; Compositeur
Ingénieur De Mastering: Leon Zervos; Production
Mixage: Mark Mitchell; Production
Producteur: Soulive; Production
Enregistrement: Mark Mitchell; Production
Personnel De Studio: Leon Zervos
Mark Mitchell; Production

6. Clap!

par Soulive, Black Thought

Saxophone Alto: Sam Kinninger; Interprète
Compositeur: Neal Evans
Black Thought; Compositeur
Batterie: Alan Evans; Interprète
Guitare: Eric Krasno; Interprète
Clavier: Neal Evans; Interprète
Interprète: Eric Krasno
Neal Evans
Sam Kinninger
Tariq Trotter
Alan Evans; Interprète
Ingénieur De Mastering: Leon Zervos; Production
Mixage: Mark Mitchell; Production
Producteur: Soulive; Production
Arrangeur De Cor: Sam Kinninger; Autre
Artiste Principal: Black Thought
Soulive; Interprète principal
Voix: Tariq Trotter; Interprète
Enregistrement: Mark Mitchell; Production
Personnel De Studio: Leon Zervos
Mark Mitchell; Production