Bahia Black
Ritual Beating System

Axiom    314-510 856-2  (1997)

Jazz
CD, 9   Tracks, 42:01  Length
01 Retrato Calado Carlinhos Brown 01:27
02 Capitao Do Asfalto Carlinhos Brown 05:32
03 The Seven Powers Herbie Hancock; Olodum; Wayne Shorter 07:14
04 Uma Viagen Del Baldes De Larry Wright Carlinhos Brown; Larry Wright 03:30
05 Olodum Olodum 03:27
06 Guia pro Congal Carlinhos Brown 05:54
07 Gwagwa O De Herbie Hancock; Olodum; Wayne Shorter 08:06
08 Follow Me Tony "Funky Drummer" Walls 04:23
09 Nina In The Womb Of The Forest Carlinhos Brown 02:28
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Guitar Carlinhos Brown
Drums Olodum
Saxophone Wayne Shorter
Keyboards Herbie Hancock
Organ Bernie Worrell
Flute Henry Threadgill
Buckets Larry Wright
Buckets David Chapman
Drums Tony "Funky Drummer" Walls
Producer Bill Laswell
Engineer Jason Corsaro; Oz Fritz
Cover by James Koehnline
Personal Details
Index # 137
Owner Dave
Tags Bossa Nova, Fusion, MPB
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
A musical rollercoaster from start to finish, Ritual Beating System jolts us with its abrupt mood changes, yet never really strays from a percussive Brazilian-oriented theme. After opening with the soft Brazilian pop-jazz of "Retrato Calado," Bahia Black dives into hard-edged Portuguese-language rap ("Capitao Do Asfalto") before embracing post-bop jazz on "The Seven Powers." Bahia's "all-star" lineup isn't exactly conventional -- percussionist Olodum (a highly regarded figure in Northeastern Brazil's Afro-Brazilian culture) and other Brazilian players are joined by fusion/post-bop greats Wayne Shorter (soprano sax) and Herbie Hancock (piano), as well as avant-garde explorer Henry Threadgill (flute) and George Clinton associate Bernie Worrell (organ). It takes an open-minded bunch to play something as pretty as "Guia Pro Congal" one minute and something as dissonant and abstract as the "outside" jazz number "Gwagwa O De" the next. And similarly, it will take open-minded listeners to fully appreciate this unpredictable CD. -- Alex Henderson (allmusic.com)