November 22, 2009
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Roni Ben-Hur - "Fortuna (Motema Music)
"A guitarist with a veiled tone and hornlike attack like vintage Kenny Burrell. (village Voice)
"A guitarist with a veiled tone and hornlike attack like vintage Kenny Burrell. (village Voice)
(press release) "Fortuna" is guitarist Roni Ben-Hur's seventh recording as a band leader. His signature sound subtly infuses jazz with melodies from romantic cultures.
Ben Hur's reputation as one of the keepers of the be-bop flame stems from his close collaborations with master pianist Barry Harris and shows up on "Fortuna" in his feisty bebop original "Guess Who?"
He also finesses two lovely songs from Antonio Carlos Jobim on "Fortuna.".
With his arrangements of Billy Strayhorn's "The Intimacy of the Blues" and Harold Arlen's classic, "A Sleeping Bee," Ben Hur leads his ensemble right to the heart of straight ahead jazz, delivering deeply swinging, blues-drenched music with joy and effortless expertise.
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