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Aires Herald
Friday,
January 30, 2004
The
ability to feel and sing
by
Alfredo Cernadas for the Herald With
the backup of a distinguished group of the new generation musicians, the argentine
jazz singer and composer Eleonora Eubel presents her second solo album, Esthesia
(as opposed to anesthesia, therefore a capacity to feel). The album has the support
of Amnesty International, for Eubel is an artist involved in several social issues
related to human rights, especially of the downtrodden in Latin America. The
disc includes tracks mostly composed by her and dedicated to the IMF (Mr. Devil
Number Six); to Víctor "El Frente" Vital, a young man, a shantytown
resident who was gunned down by the police in ´99 (El Frente Vital); Benita,
the chambermaid whose only capital were her golden teeth (Who´s that woman?);
an cymbal with which the Araucanian indians called their ancestors (Kultrun),
an old healer woman (Orchid, The healer); Yavoray-Head, a Guarani word for hard
headed, obstinate, like the millions of people who live in substandard conditions,
and others, plus songs by Stevie Wonder (The Secret Life Of Plants) and Ann Ronnell
(Willow Weep For Me). Eubel
sings in English not only because she can speak the language but also because
it´s the language of jazz, and she sounds as authentic as the best, with
the expert backing of a group that includes guitar, bass, drums and trumpet. Eleonora
Eubel
This
album has the support of Amnesty International; in their own words: "Any
initiative that sensitizes and educates about the equality and rights we all have,
well deserves our company and support".
 About
Esthesia:
Esthesia
Eleonora Eubel + Trio
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1.
Mr. Devil Number Six (Eleonora
Eubel) Lyrics
2. Endless night (Guillermo
Bazzola & Eleonora Eubel) Lyrics
3. Willow weep for me (Ann
Ronell)
4. El Frente “Vital” *
(Eleonora Eubel) Lyrics
5. Who´s that woman? (Eleonora
Eubel) Lyrics
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6. Kultrun
** (Eleonora Eubel) Lyrics
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7. Orchid,
the healer (Eleonora
Eubel) Lyrics
8. The secret life of plants (Stevie
Wonder)
9. Yavoray-head ***
(Eleonora Eubel) Lyrics
10. Daylight (Eleonora
Eubel) Lyrics
11. Bonus track - Willow weep for me (Live
at “Radio Jazz”, Studio: Radio Nacional - Bs. As., Argentina / Oct.
2001 / Eleonora Eubel voz/voice; Guillermo Bazzola, guitarra/guitar)
* Being unarmed, young Victor Frente Vital was brought down by 150 members of the
police force. (February 1999). As many in his same situation, he lived in the
fringes and was executed. His mother, Sabina Sotello, is part of the Coordinating
Organization against Police Repression.
** Kultrun: Small drum of the Araucanian Indians, instrument of invocation. Chief
Panguithruz Güor, also known as Mariano Rosas died in August of 1877. His
desecrated remains could only be returned to his land one hundred and twenty-three
years later. This is another of the many abuses against the Mapuche people.
*** Yavoray, del guaraní: Guarani for tangle or mess. "Yavoray Head"
means a hard or messed-up-headed person. In Argentina, a country of 36 million
inhabitants, 12 million live in the Greater Buenos Aires area, with the rest of
the population spreading throughout 1 million, 73 thousand square miles.
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Dedicated
to:
To Benita, the housemaid whose only asset were her golden teeth;
to that Mapuche poet who constructs verses from 100 words; to the Yavoray head
whose family is dependant on his bricklayer's wages; to Víctor "Frente"
Vital, one of the many dead sons of the many brave Sabinas (1200 and counting);
to trying to imagine the wise old age of Orchid, my spiritual mentor, to Guillermo's
sleeplessness, to the water, the music, the willows and all the green in this
world; to these being the last days of "Devil Number Six" and for aesthesia
against so much anesthesia. | | Some
reviews:
By César Pradines
La Nación
"Planeta Jazz" - 2/21/04 Tonight,
vocalist Eleonora Eubel presents her newest show: "Other voices" accompanied
by an outstanding duet: Marcelo Gutfraind (guitar) and Julián Montauti
(bass). She is performing songs from "Esthesia", an excellent work.
By Ricardo Saltón
Ámbito Financiero - 2/3/04
"Eubel: protest in English" Vocalist
Eleonora Eubel is an atypical case in the prosperous jazz media of Argentina.
She recorded her first album "Full Moon", in 2000, according to conventional
jazz patterns. But in her last album "Esthesia", she chose to include
exclusively her own compositions.... Rolling
Stone - Magazine - Nº 69/ December 2003
Ranking R. Stone - Argentina:
"Best jazz album of the year 2003" 1.
Eleonora Eubel "Esthesia"
The argentine jazz- scene did not have
something like this. Eubel sings her own compositions with lyrics written in English,
which talk about the social reality in Argentina and shows that swing and
compromise can go hand in hand. Revista
XXIII - 10/16/03 -
By Miguel Russo
"La dama rea del jazz" -
Esthesia " The heavy - lady of jazz" Only
she, E. Eubel could have the courage to sing jazz in English in Argentina, because
“it’s the language of Jazz, the music which offers vast spaces for
freedom" in her own words she tells us stories about the suffering of the
real owners of this land. With an incomparable voice in the genre and accompanied
by a remarkable trio and guests, Eubel also shows her solid talent as a composer.
... By hearing Eubel one can understand that culture and globalization are not
only impositions of amounts and merchandising. By
Humphrey Inzillo
Rolling Stone Magazine - Nr. 64 July 2003 The
quality of the music, including the beautiful version of Stevie Wonder´s
"The secret life of plants", demands careful listening and guarantees
pleasure... By
Carlos Iglesias
Caminos de Música - http://www.consudec.org/musicaindex.htm
- Esthesia - "Anesthesia Not" ...
Eleonora´s exquisit songs , ... Lots of swing and sensibility!
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| | | Credits:
Eleonora
Eubel: voice
Miguel Fernández Tarzia: acoustic & electric guitar
Jerónimo Carmona: bass
Carlos Brandán: drums
Enrique Norris:
trumpet
Arrangements: Eleonora Eubel + Trío
Produced by: Eleonora
Eubel
Recorded by: Gervasio Goris
Estudios Neworld, Vte.López,
Argentina, julio/agosto 2002
Masterized by Sebastián Mellino
Design:
Daniel Trajtemberg
Photo: Enrique Abbate
Distribution: Gobi Music
Contacto/ contact: eleonoraeubel@gmail.com All
songs by E. Eubel, except: Nr 2 E. Eubel and Guillermo Bazzola. Nr. 3 by Ann Ronell,
Nr.8 by Stevie Wonder |
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