North/South Convergence

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North/South Convergence
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Studio album by Lee Tomboulian
Released December 3, 2001 [1]
Recorded March 2000
at Palmyra Studios
in Palmer, Texas [2]
Genre Latin jazz
Label Circo Records
Producer Hugo Fattoruso
Lee Tomboulian chronology
North/South Convergence
(2001)		 Return to Whenever
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz favorable [3]
External audio
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North/South Convergence is the debut studio album for both American keyboardist/composer-arranger Lee Tomboulian and his Latin jazz ensemble Circo, recorded in September 2000 and released on December 3, 2001 by Circo Records. [3] [1] [2]

Leland Diran Tomboulian is an American jazz pianist, accordionist, composer, arranger and educator.

Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. Although musicians continually expand its parameters, the term Latin jazz is generally understood to have a more specific meaning than simply "jazz from Latin America". Some Latin jazz typically employs rhythms that either have a direct analog in Africa, or exhibit an African influence. The two main categories of Latin jazz are:

  1. Afro-Cuban jazz – jazz rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music, often with a rhythm section employing ostinato patterns or a clave.
  2. Afro-Brazilian jazz – includes bossa nova and jazz samba.

Contents

Reception

All About Jazz critic Dave Hughes gave the album high marks on both conception and execution:

<i>All About Jazz</i> comprehensive American website for jazz enthusiasts and professionals, based in Philadelphia

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, Jazz Near You, about local concerts and events.

The CD is characterized by consistently interesting percussion, adventurous harmonies, and unpredictable, quirky melodies. The band moves effortlessly across time signatures, shifting from 4 to either 6 or 3. [...] Lee Tomboulian on piano and Pete Brewer on sax and flute contribute well-constructed solos in every rhythmic terrain. Both Tomboulian and bassist Brian Warthen understand that their instruments fulfill rhythmic as well as harmonic roles. [...] This CD truly charts its own course throughout the program. It’s unique and creative, and certainly recommended. [3]

Track listing

All selections composed by Lee Tomboulian except where noted. [2]

  1. "Samberg" - 4:46
  2. "Ariel" (words from The Tempest by William Shakespeare) - 6:00
  3. "Grace" (Betty Tomboulian) - 6:12
  4. "Rhoda Ribbon" - 4:08
  5. "Circo TV Theme'" - 4:36
  6. "Metropolis" (Brian Warthen) - 5:49
  7. "Ana" - 4:05
  8. "Hinde Who?" - 5:30
  9. "Vauda's Song" - 5:07
  10. "Six-Fortitude" - 5:03
  11. "Memory Gardens" - 6:29
  12. "Old 100th" (traditional; arr. Hugo Fattoruso and Lee Tomboulian) - 3:11
  13. "O Vendedor de Sonhos" (Fernando Brant - Milton Nascimento) - 2:14

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "North/South Convergence - Circo". All Music. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  2. 1 2 3 "North South Convergence (Musical CD, 2000)". WorldCat. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  3. 1 2 3 "Circo: North/South Convergence". All About Jazz. December 1, 2001 Retrieved 2014-07-23.
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