TRILOK GURTU - Spellbound (20013) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Indian-born percussionist Trilok Gurtu pays homage to avant-garde trumpeter Don Cherry with 2013's Spellbound. As a member of Cherry's band from 1976 to 1978, Gurtu experienced Cherry's cross-cultural approach to music firsthand, an approach that greatly influenced his own musical direction. Bookended by two tracks Gurtu recorded with Cherry prior to the pocket trumpeter's death in 1995, Spellbound picks up on Cherry's mix of groove-oriented sounds from Indian to Afro-Cuban music to funk, free jazz, classical, and ambient improvisation. Joining Gurtu here are a handful of trumpeters who, in their own way, evoke the adventurous spirit of Cherry's improvisation, including Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu, Norway's Nils Petter Molvær, German multi-talent Matthias Schriefl, Lebanese quarter-tone trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, and Turkey's Hasan Gözetlik. Spellbound is an engaging, stylistically varied album that truly evokes the magic of Cherry's music. by Matt Collar
Tracklist :
1    Improvisation Live: Don Cherry & Trilok Gurtu 0'33
Written-By – Don Cherry, Trilok Gurtu
2    Manteca 4'36
Arranged By – Trilok Gurtu, Tulug Tirpan
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Percussion [Additional Percussion] – Nitin Shankar
Trumpet – Hasan Gözetlik
Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie, Walter Fuller, Luciano Gonzales
3    Jack Johnson / Black Satin 9'38
Arranged By – Trilok Gurtu
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Tambura [Tumbura], Tabla – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Carlo Cantini
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvaer
Written-By – Miles Davis
4    Cuckoo 4'55
Arranged By – Trilok Gurtu, Wolf Kerschek
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Trumpet – Ibrahim Maalouf
Written-By – Trilok Gurtu
5    Berchidda 5'33
Arranged By – Trilok Gurtu, Wolf Kerschek
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Tabla, Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Trumpet, Effects – Paolo Fresu
Written-By – Trilok Gurtu
6    Like Popcorn 4'23
Arranged By – Trilok Gurtu, Wolf Kerschek
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Tabla, Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Percussion [Additional Percussion] – Nitin Shankar
Trumpet – Matthias Schriefl
Written-By – Trilok Gurtu
7    Haunting 5'15
Arranged By – Trilok Gurtu, Wolf Kerschek
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Cello – Jakob Janeschitz-Kreigel
Drums, Percussion – Trilok Gurtu
English Horn – Helene Traub
Piano – Tulug Tirpan
Soloist – Matthias Höfs
Trumpet – Matthias Höfs
Written-By – Trilok Gurtu
Written-By [Solo For Matthias Höfs] – Wolf Kerschek
8    Universal Mother 6'29
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Trumpet – Ibrahim Maalouf
Written-By – Don Cherry
9    Spellbound 4'32
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvaer
Written-By – Trilok Gurtu
10    All Blues 6'41
Arranged By – Trilok Gurtu, Tulug Tirpan
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Tabla – Trilok Gurtu
Piano – Tulug Tirpan
Soloist [1st Solo] – Ambrose Akinmusire
Soloist [2nd Solo] – Matthias Höfs
Trumpet – Ambrose Akinmusire
Trumpet [Doublebell Trumpet] – Matthias Höfs
Written-By – Miles Davis
Written-By [2nd Solo] – Wolf Kerschek
11    Cosmic Roundabout / Brown Rice 4'39
Bass – Jonathan Cuniado
Drums, Percussion, Tabla – Trilok Gurtu
Keyboards – Tulug Tirpan
Trumpet, Effects – Paolo Fresu
Written-By [Brown Rice] – Don Cherry
Written-By [Cosmic Roundabout] – Trilok Gurtu
12    Thank You By Don Cherry 0'15
Speech – Don Cherry