Charles Lazarus
Zabava
© 2008 Charles Lazarus (884501036337)
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A virtousic and fiery nod to the tradition of Eastern European dance music infused with an evocative modern club vibe.
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- 1 Zabava
- 2 Now Is Leaving
- 3 Redeye
- 4 Dancing Gypsy
- 5 Away
- 6 Congo
- 7 Double Take
- 8 Turceasca
- 9 Melelani Smiles
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Zabava is a widely-used Slavic word for party – a music-focused, heart-pounding, dance-driven gathering of virtuoso musicians intent on having a very good time. The spirit of the music at the center of these parties inspired this recording. It’s a nod to that tradition of instrumental fire, infused with a modern club vibe.
Zabava is the second recording released by trumpeter Charles Lazarus. An avid proponent of original music and an active soloist and composer, Lazarus is also a member of the Minnesota Orchestra. He premiered an original orchestral pops show, A Night in the Tropics, with that group in 2007. Critic Rod Smith writes of his music "Roll over Martin Denny, and tell Yma Sumac the news: Charles Lazarus has supplanted you both and then some. Informed by classical music and jazz (as well as life itself), the Minneapolis-based trumpet virtuoso's far-ranging exotica eschews cheap theatrics in favor of solid composition and the kind of self-assurance that skews toward eloquent understatement, evoking myriad realms every bit as pregnant with possibility as the one we inhabit."
Lazarus has been a member of some of the best-known brass ensembles in the world, including Canadian Brass, Dallas Brass and the Meridian Arts Ensemble. In 2007, he was awarded a prestigious McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians.
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Zabava
author: RickAnother vibrant nuance of sounds here. The Neo Jazz-Classical being perpetuated by a very talented Horn Man. Mixture of classical influences, Jazz rhythms and late 70's type feel and attitude with crisp Vizzutti-esque horn chops. The Lazarus sound feels like fun.