Modern Answers to Old Problems

Ernest Ranglin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B00004Y6S7
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,673 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Memories Of Senegal

2. Outernational Incident

3. Kunene

4. Many Roots

5. Profiles

6. What A Day

7. Swaziland

8. Sound Invasion

9. Inflight

10. Alpinos

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites albums ever from a loong time Jazz lover, June 24, 2007

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Robert Hammond "roby137" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Answers to Old Problems (Audio CD)

Sensational from start to finish, I have heard them all and this up there with best of music ever made. My hair stands on end every time I hear it. The music is fresh, vibrant and balanced in such a way - only a true master can. The band is very tight, the vocals a sublime embellishment. One of my favorites ever, don't listen to the nay sayers here - BUY IT it will stay with you forever no mater what your taste.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Surprise!, January 10, 2001

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R. Johnson (Jamestown, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Answers to Old Problems (Audio CD)

I read about this artist in a recent "Guitar Player" magazine review and was intrigued by their comments. I LOVE the Afro-Jazz flavor! Ernest's guitar riffs complement the rhythmic bass well. The female vocalist also is a bonus. Lovers of saxophonists will find the Courtney Pine track a delight. If you are ready to experiment with a quality cd that is different from the normal jazz CDs in your collection, this will be a treat.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Afro/jazz/hip-hop/blues at its best!, January 24, 2001

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nicjaytee (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Answers to Old Problems (Audio CD)

Take an old Jamaican reggae-bluesman, a troupe of African drummers, a couple of young jazz stalwarts and a gutsy female singer, mix them up with some inspired grooves, light the fuse and stand back because this is a seriously hot combination!

True to its title, "Modern Answers to Old Problems" combines "acid-jazz" with "world music" to come up with some of the freshest sounds around. With more than a passing nod to Weather Report's "Black Market", each track combines Ranglin's marvellous rolling guitar playing and some of the tightest percussion work you'll ever hear with the inherently uplifting feel of African chord sequences to generate real enthusiasm & fun - a rare outcome when there is such complex inter-play around. And... if you're not already into Ernest Ranglin's unique form of Afro/jazz/hip-hop/blues, well, as my son said when he gave me this superb record, "you will be".