DANI NEL·LO - SAX-O-RAMA

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1. 4 saxos 4   2. Zarpazo   3. Twist City   4. Chili negro   5. Ciao King   6. Lluvia sobre el cuero   7. El lobo de la ciénaga   8. Pantano Walk   9. Demasiado lejos   10. 60 monos   11. La Cobra vs. McCann   12. Sax Attack   13. Strollin' With The King   14. Las luces del Fillmore

Buenritmo / BR021CD

If there is a sax-player in Spain whose name is immediately related to Rock'n'Roll, that's Dani Nel·lo. He has been the sax-player for such bands as Los Rebeldes, Nel·lo y La Banda del Zoco or Mambo Jambo, to name the most known three, and he has also appeared on stage backing international stars such as Nick Curran.

With that curriculum and in a moment in which Mambo Jambo seems to be having a break, Dani Nel·lo has given himself the pleasure of recording 14 instro songs and to release them in this "Surf-O-Rama", where his tenor sax is almost all the time in the spotlight.

Fourteen instro songs, as with his band Mambo Jambo but, it is important to highlight it, with a quite different style because, as said before, here the sax is always leading the songs.

By the way, the rest of musicians working in this record are top ones, two Mambo Jambo included: Mario Cobo (guitar) and Anton Jarl (drums), plus Dani Baraldés (guitar) and Santi Úrsul (bass).

Along the around 47 minutes of this CD we get from Rock'n'Roll to plain Blues and, above all, Rhythm'n'Blues. Lots of good old Rhythm'n'Blues. It has to be said that this record is in some way a tribute to those saxophonists from the 40's and 50's who played Rhythm'n'Blues and who stepped forward to be Rock'n'Roll pioneers: artists such as King Curtis, Big Jay McNeely or Sam Butera, to name just three.

It is a record that I've enjoyed a lot, maybe thanks to the different rhythms and moods we have along its songs: great slow Blues songs such as "Lluvia sobre el cuero", "Demasiado lejos" or "Strollin' With The King" that are a real pleasure to listen to; mixed with songs with a speeded up rhythm somewhere between Rhythm'n'Blues and Rock'n'Roll such as "Ciao King", "Sax Attack" (my favourite two of the record) or "60 monos", for example. Fourteen songs that are a musical trip from the 40's to the 60's of the 20th Century.

If you like instro Rhythm'n'Blues and the sound of the tenor sax, I think you have to give a chance to this Dani Nel·lo's "Sax-O-Rama".