Emergence

Lonnie Plaxico

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: HighNote Records
• ASIN: B000046Q3P
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #577,478 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Bassist Lonnie Plaxico has amassed a broad resume since arriving on the scene in the early 1980s. His experiences range from working with Dexter Gordon and assorted veteran tenor saxophonists to Wynton Marsalis and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers to his association with the eclectic M-BASE crew all the way to his more recent years with Cassandra Wilson. If you listen carefully, you can hear slices of that whole pie on Emergence. Plaxico is comfortable with letting the ensemble fly. For this program of 16 original tunes, the longest lasting over seven and a half minutes, there's a sense of composition by committee. Though Plaxico's ego is listed as lead composer, the majority of these tunes were crafted by several members of the ensemble, including tenor saxophonist Don Braden, trumpeters Ralph Alessi and Larry Lunnetta, pianist Eric Lewis, drummer Lionel Cordew, and percussionist Jeffrey Haynes. These pieces, often pleasantly quirky and harmonically broad, avoid the monotonous theme-solos-theme format. Plaxico gives the package a narrative flow with six short interludes often played on electric bass with Haynes's percussion. --Willard Jenkins

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Feelin' Love with the Music of Lonnie Plaxico, June 17, 2000

By	khaarizuma (New York) - See all my reviews

Lonnie Plaxico, genius bassist who worked as the musical director of Cassandra Wilson for recent years, released very interesting jazz/funk album. Based on the feeling of 70's jazzy funk, his music is progressive and diverse. With his elegant and funky bass play, we can feel the fun of music as well as the sound that is some way futuristic. We recognize that Lonnie Plaxico loves music and share that love with listeners. We dance to his music; at the same time, we will know how qualified his composition is. The sound is not commercial but totally enjoyable.