Ademuz (album) explained

Ademuz
Type:	studio
Artist:	Perico Sambeat
Cover:	Ademuz (album).jpg
Released:	1998
Recorded:	August, November 1995
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	55:35
Label:	Fresh Sound New Talent
Producer:	Perico Sambeat

Ademuz is an album by jazz saxophonist and flautist Perico Sambeat.^[1]

Music and recording

The album was recorded in Valencia in August and November 1995.^[2] The compositions, all by Sambeat, are Latin jazz in style. Vocalist Enrique Morente appears on three tracks. The title track has "hard-hitting, quasi-fusion groove and keyboard, electric bass, and overdriven guitar textures, all of which give way to an acoustic ambience as the tune progresses." Pianist Brad Mehldau's recollection of the record was that it "combined jazz and flamenco music in a new way".^[3]

Sambeat was also producer for the album.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "overcrowded with detail and noise", but concluded that it is "a charismatic and frequently exciting record."

Track listing

All compositions by Perico Sambeat.

1. "A Free K" – 9:56
2. "Ademuz" – 8:33
3. "Tu Rostro Oculto" – 8:17
4. "Expedición" – 9:03
5. "La Noche De Lemuria" – 6:07
6. "Porta Do Ferro" – 7:17
7. "Barri De La Coma" – 6:22

Personnel

• Perico Sambeat – alto sax, flute
• Brad Mehldau – piano
• Mark Turner – tenor sax
• Michael Leonhart – trumpet
• Kurt Rosenwinkel – guitar
• Joe Martin – bass
• Jorge Rossy – drums
• Enric Canada, Guillermo McGuill – percussion
• Enrique Morente – vocals

Notes and References

1. Lyles, R. Mark Turner Discography, accessed May 7, 2019
2. http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/perico-sambeat-albums/60-ademuz.html "Perico Sambeat – Ademuz"
3. Book: Mehldau, Brad . Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part One . 2023 . Equinox . 978-1-80050-313-7 . 158 .