New Horizons

Caribbean Jazz Project | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 1, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B00003ZA5Z
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,873 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #81 in Music > Jazz > Latin Jazz

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

For its third CD, Caribbean Jazz Project has retooled, with vibes and marimba player Dave Samuels squarely in the leader's chair. In its first two chapters CJP was purely a cooperative band under the shared leadership of Samuels, alto sax/clarinetist Paquito d'Rivera, and steel pan drummer Andy Narell. Samuels has since replaced them with two different sounds: Steve Khan on guitar and Dave Valentin on flute. Now focused more squarely on Latin American rhythms, the band achieves a subtle harmonic blend, keyed by Samuels's inherently shrewd instruments and by Khan's consummate team-playing. Samuels is the most distinctive voice, and faced with either an aluminum (vibes) or wood (marimba) surface to play on, his role requires perhaps more guile and calculation than playing wind instruments would. No bending allowed. Rounding out the cast is a trio of young Latin jazz fire-breathers: bassist John Benitez and drummer-percussionists Richie Flores and Robert Vilera. New Horizons is rife with sweet melodies, played with skill and fire in the belly--but fire with well-tailored, positive calculation and cunning, never overbearing. --Willard Jenkins

From Jazziz

"New Horizons" comes from a new incarnation of the Caribbean Jazz Project, an ensemble that has been blending contemporary jazz and Latin/Caribbean music since 1995. Originally, the band was co-lead byvibraphonist and marimba player Dave Samuels, saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, and steel drummer Andy Narell. That ensemble recorded a pair of albums for Heads Up, a self-titled debut and a follow-up called "Island Stories." Since Samuels' recent signing with Concord, however, the group has been reconfigured, with Narell and D'Rivera replaced by guitarist Steve Khan and flutist Dave Valentin. The new band's first album, "New Horizons," finds the trio backed by bassist John Benitez and percussionists Richie Flores and Robert Vilera.

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great jazz island sound, March 31, 2001

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mary (antioch, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Horizons (Audio CD)

this album has a great mellow jazz sound with just enough island tempo to carry you away. I loved the blending of instruments and each cut is distinctive and interesting. Loved it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars new horizens, September 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: New Horizons (Audio CD)

infectious rhythms, tight band... if you like mellow jazz, flute and vibes this is killer.. catchy tunes, percussion is great, super bass, steve kahn always tasty on guitar.. have to disagree with the other review that only gave this one star...

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

5.0 out of 5 stars great compositions, September 13, 2009

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M. Elias "m. e." (uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Horizons (Audio CD)

I give 5 stars because of two superb compositions: Rainforest, and Arthur's dance. Plus, playbacks of both compositions (and of a third one, Ivory Coast) can be found in Jamey Aebersold's play-a-long book&Cd set 'Latin Quarter' (vol 96). You can thus play 'with' Dave Samuels and Steve Khan!