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Across the Crystal Sea

Danilo Perez & Claus Ogerman

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The Panamanian-born pianist Danilo Perez has been a force in jazz since the 1990s. He’s played with Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, and others, and has released a number of albums as a leader. On this 2008 album, he teams up with the well-known composer and arranger Claus Ogerman for an incredibly lush set inspired by Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra, an Ogerman project from the 1960s. Across the Crystal Sea is an exquisite work. The balance between the jazz quartet — Perez, bassist Christian McBride, drummer Lewis Nash, and percussionist Luis Quintero — and the orchestra is just right, and the overall sound is great. (Veteran Tommy LiPuma produced.) Several pieces are based on themes by classical composers such as Manuel de Falla, Jean Sibelius, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. The standout title track, based on a work by the German composer Hugo Distler, sports crackling percussion that lends Ogerman’s arrangement a nice edge. Vocalist Cassandra Wilson appears on two cuts and she’s absolutely stunning. On “(All of a sudden) My Heart Sings,” she floats on the music like a dream, and “Lazy Afternoon” combines eerie strings with Wilson’s vocals to create a sense of mystery that borders on the otherworldly.

Customer Reviews

Claus is amazing!

As far as I'm concerned; Claus can do no wrong. This project is worth the price even if only for his treatment of Lazy Afternoon; gorgeous! I'm not a big Danilo fan, but Claus makes it more than worthwhile. And to the previous 'reviewer' who complained that there was nothing 'catchy' about this CD: This isn't pop music or even smooth jazz. This is the real deal; it's not supposed to be 'catchy'. If you want 'catchy', go listen to a Britney recording.

Across The Crystal Sea

Not a true jazz CD but engaging thanks to Claus's arrangements. Someone needs to contact Verve and release the 1963 album "Warm Wave" by Cal Tjader with arrangements by Claus Ogerman. Beautiful renditions of standard tunes with melodic, romantic playing by Cal. A crossover album of its time that stands up extremely well after 45 years, you can't listen to it and not feel your body relaxing under its spell.

Too bad "Across The Crystal Sea" isn't sold as a single.

I dropped by to buy "Across The Crystal Sea", but can't get it alone. I understand that artists may wish to restrict that way, and I usually buy several compositions or the whole album, but I just wanted this one.

Biography

Born: April 29, 1930 in Racibórz, Poland

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

This prolific arranger and orchestrator moved from Europe to the United States in 1959 and began an association with the Verve label, where his arrangements were featured on albums by Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967’s Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim — the first of two collaborative albums by the pair), Astrud Gilberto, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Stan Getz, Cal Tjader, and other leading artists. Having worked with producer Creed Taylor on numerous Verve albums...
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