Urban Knights Vi

Urban Knights | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note
• ASIN: B0007OY2S0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Funky urban contemporary jazz by the Chicago-based quintet Urban Knights shows off the robust vitality they continue conjure up in the genre. At the center of the set is Wayne Shorter's "Footprints," their version of which perfectly demonstrates an ability to blend a modernist composition with utterly fresh sounds. Nick Bisesi's flute hovers in the air over the gently punchy rhythm section, all the while immersed in the atmospherics of Kevin Rudolph's keyboards washes. Elsewhere they pay homage to a number of their forebears, opening the disc with Stanley Clarke's "School Days" and inviting guest Ramsey Lewis to play grand piano on his own "Memórias Belas." --David Greenberger

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Urban Knights Vi by Urban Knights

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for several tracks, February 10, 2007

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C. Blanchard - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Urban Knights Vi (Audio CD)

I have all the Urban Knights CD's. A lot on this CD is weak and non inspiring. Fall Forward track is excellent jazz and toward the end of the track you are transported into another dimension (almost wish they had recorded several more minutes of this track). Come Back Jack is a solid track. The CD is worth it for these 2-songs. The rest of the CD goes fairly dull after that!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's Alright!!!, May 31, 2006

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Nnamdi Onyido (Lagos Nigeria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Urban Knights Vi (Audio CD)

I looked up the cover of the then-upcoming release of Urban Knights VI and realised it was different from I-V,so I really wasn't expecting to hear the regular urban knights sound.I had a problem with this album:the new material was low.However,they did justice to all the tracks on the album save for Track 5;from Stanley Clarke's "School Days" to Ramsey's "close Your Eyes and Remember"&"Memorias Belias" as well as Usher's "My Boo",you could feel them get the message across without making you realise they were doing remakes.
However the standout is the Wayne Shorter lassic "Footprints".This was a suprise for me in that I expected them to add a little extra or two to the song,but the y rendered it practically note-for note,and I liked it.I think the suprise factor came from Nick Bisesi's flute hovering over the tune to add a real smooth flow.
"Fall Forward" and "Sly" are well-laid tracks,as Bobby Broom tempts us to check out his solo effort "Clean Sweep"as a reminder.
In general,the Ramsey influence is still there,what with Kevin Randolph and Frayne heavily involved in the project.The legend adds a few piano chops to his own song "memorias Belias".It's a good album,worth buying.Wouldn't say it's the best Knights album:II and III are definitely vying for that title.But it doesn't fall short of the Urban standard that we've become familiar with,even if the line-up (and the album cover format) have changed

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From NC and I think this is a Great CD, March 1, 2006

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KaG Pirate (Greensboro, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Urban Knights Vi (Audio CD)

I listen to the CD Urban Knights VI at a book store here in Greensboro North Carolina. Upon listening to the CD's first track I was at peace. I waited about 1 and 1/2 weeks to buy the CD. That was a mistake I should have bought it that day.