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[2/5/2009]【爵士吉他】天才吉他手Louie Shelton 2000年专辑《Urban Culture》


【爵士吉他】天才吉他手Louie Shelton 2000年专辑《Urban Culture》  （MP3 320K）


Title: Urban Culture
Artist: Louie Shelton
Release Date: 8/22/2000
Label: Lightyear
Genre: Rock
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Rock












Louie Shelton is a talented session guitarist who's appeared on countless pop
albums with the Monkees, Barbara Streisand, Marvin Gaye and many more. Two of
Shelton's more memorable contributions were the killer opening segment on the
Jackson 5 hit "I Want You Back" and the tasty guitar solo on Boz Scaggs'"Lowdown."

In 1996, Shelton delivered a fine solo release ( Guitar ) that was edgy enough
to please fusion fans but catchy enough for contemporary jazz radio. Unfortunately,
Urban Culture is too obviously targeted at the latter.

Not that Urban Culture is a terrible album. Shelton's fretwork rescues some of
these songs from the snooze jazz abyss, and his playing throughout seems derivative
of Wes Montgomery. But the mechanical drums and somnolent synthesizers conform to
the smooth-jazz formula. And the boundless talents of Flecktone bass playerVictor
Wooter go completely to waste in this restraining format.

Urban Culture is similar to some of Lee Ritenour's more formulaic pop-jazz . To
me this stuff is the jazz equivalent of fast food, but if you're into unobtrusive
background music with mildly funky beats and catchy guitar playing, this one should
float your boat. The opener "Mandalay Sunset" sounds like a Steely Dan instrumental
with a Kenny G-ish sax solo. The songs " "Boogaloo" and "Street Walkin'" are harmlessly
funky, and "Inner City Blues" swings harder than most contemporary jazz.

Nevertheless, fans of Guitar will mostly be disappointed by Urban Culture. Louie
Shelton is capable of much more substantial music, and diehard jazz fans may want
to wait for his next release. He will reportedly dabble in straight-ahead jazz on that one.



Personnel: Louie Shelton (guitar);
Pat McDonald (drums);
Victor Wooten (bass);
Leroy Ayers (keys);
Jim Horn (saxes);
Mark Douthit, Steve Herrman (trumpet);
Steve Patrick (horns);
Charles Rose (trombone)







                                                                                        01 Mandalay Sunset
                                                                                        02 Uptown
                                                                                        03 No Secrets
                                                                                        04 Teardrops
                                                                                        05 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
                                                                                        06 Urban Culture
                                                                                        07 Boogaloo
                                                                                        08 Shirade
                                                                                        09 Street Walkin'
                                                                                        10 Magic Moments














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