It’s only been a month since I
recommended the amazing debut album Rio en Vermelho e Azul from Morten
Ankerfeldt. An album recorded in Brazil with local musicians. Like this album.
Guitar payer Thomas Maintz and piano
player Thomas Walbum travelled to Brazil to record with local musicians. Is it
all the same, then? Well, when it comes to the recommendation from this blog,
it is. Musicially it’s different.
Maintz & Walbum is like a drink
in the summer breeze while Ankerfeldt is more like a cup of coffee.
In the 80ies some American guitar
players like Pat Metheny and Lee Ritenour flirted with Braziliean music. They
played acoustic jazz guitars like no one else and inspired a whole generation
of guitar players. Including Thomas Maintz.
Walbum & Maintz has the same
light and spontaneous approach to Brazilian music as the one we heard in the
80ies. They stood on the shoulders of fusion jazz, swaying their hips in a
joyous dance.
The two Danes share the title as
composer. In Brazil they found three experienced musician to take care of bass,
percussion and drums. Bass player Sizao Machado has collaborated with both Chet
Baker and Milton Nascimento.
It’s the two Danes who are in the
spotlight, though. But there is plenty of room left for the Brazilian
musicians. When Maintz is playing his acoustic guitar it is a delightful
pleasure. He is playing with confidence.
Walbum’s sense of melody makes the music flow
all naturally. Walbum & Maintz has made an album which should be the
accompanying sound of the good days in life.
Bonus info: They will be playing
concerts during the summer where you will see them on festivals in Copenhagen
and Aarhus, Denmark.
Review: Niels Overgård. Translation:
DSI Swinging Europe.
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