Ronny Jordan - A Brighter Day (1999) [Flac] [mrtude42][h33t]

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Ronny Jordan - A Brighter Day
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Review allmusic.com
by Jonathan Widran

As the reality of Y2K took hold, no doubt many artists went with forward-
thinking album titles for their first efforts of the new millennium. But guitarist
Ronny Jordan wasn't thinking of trendiness or even the calendar shift when
he called his Blue Note debut A Brighter Day. His 1992 jazz/hip-hop-fused
release The Antidote made him an instant star on London's burgeoning acid-
jazz scene. Over the next few years and recordings, however, his pioneering
success in this genre proved as much a curse as a blessing, as his sound got
muddled through working with outside producers. The wide stylistic diversity
on the self-produced A Brighter Day -- which takes him on excursions into
Brazilian, Latin, straight-ahead, even Indian music, with only a few passing
nods to his acidic roots -- makes for his most organic and honest effort to
date. The title also celebrates his most effective electric guitar playing thus
far. On the aptly titled "Two Worlds," Jordan spins a crisp, Wes Montgomery-
styled melody over an increasingly aggressive bossa-minded percussion
pattern, holding occasional but few bar conversations with the uppity, Latin-
styled piano of Marcus Persiani. Jordan also goes the Brazilian route on "Rio,"
albeit with a subtler, more spiritual edge; his muted guitar dances over a
sparse rhythm pattern, as haunting angelic vocals ease in and out. A gentle
Indian flute harmony and a soaring female chant alternately wrap around his
high-toned strings, all over the patter of Shivas Shankar's tablas on a spirited
reworking of Victor Feldman's "New Delhi." When he's not exploring the world,
Jordan reconnects with the jazz roots that predated his acid-jazz days. A
longtime fan of Roy Ayers, he reworks the vibist's 25-year-old "Mystic
Voyage" into a funky jam session, holding sparkling, improv, call-and-response
exchanges between electric guitar and vibes; it's as if the fan is asking the
master, "Am I doing all right?." Vibes also play a crucial role on "5/8 in Flow";
Stefon Harris bubbles over the oddly metered drum pattern of Jeff "Tain"
Watts between tight guitar melodies that firmly display Jordan's Wes
Montgomery and Grant Green influences. It's clear that Jordan is more at
home with all this exploring, but he can't resist paying homage to the sounds
that made him famous. His guitar gallops gleefully over a hefty B-3 harmony
on "London Lowdown," and DJ Spinna creates cool scratches and otherworldly
effects between gentle guitar lines on the hypnotic, retro-minded "Mackin'."



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Tracklisting
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1. Ronny Jordan - 5/8 In Flow [06:25]
2. Ronny Jordan - A Brighter Day (remix) (feat. Mos Def) [06:17]
3. Ronny Jordan - A Brighter Day [05:43]
4. Ronny Jordan - Aftermath [06:13]
5. Ronny Jordan - Breauxlude [00:55]
6. Ronny Jordan - London Lowdown [05:13]
7. Ronny Jordan - Mackin (feat. DJ Spinna) [07:03]
8. Ronny Jordan - Mambo Inn [05:01]
9. Ronny Jordan - Mystic Voyage (feat. Roy Ayers) [04:13]
10. Ronny Jordan - New Delhi [04:55]
11. Ronny Jordan - Rio [05:42]
12. Ronny Jordan - Seeing Is Believing [04:56]
13. Ronny Jordan - Two Worlds [05:50]
14. Ronny Jordan - Why [04:43]

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Artist...............: Ronny Jordan
Album................: A Brighter Day
Genre................: Jazz
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1999
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 40 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 24 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-brighter-day-mw0000605246

Ripped by............: Mrtude42 on 5/26/2013
Posted by............: Mrtude42 on 5/26/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U
Covers...............: Front

Playing Time.........: 01:13:14
Total Size...........: 423.83 MB

NFO generated on.....: 5/26/2013 1:07:49 PM

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