Artist: Don Grusin
Album: No Borders
Genre: Crossover Jazz
Label: GRP
Released: 1992
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Remember Africa
- Makossa Beat
- Dakar Daughter
- Reunion (Dog, Cat, Bird)
- Colonial Empire
- Rai Baby
- Trinidad
- 10° East
- Frontier
- San Carlos
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Despite playing many songs with geographic titles and including a map of the world in the liners, keyboardist Don Grusin's release is not about world music. The performances are actually overly safe and uniformly easy-listening with upbeat melodies, highly competent but anonymous players and gentle background vocalists; only "Rai Baby" generates a little heat. There is little excuse for such bland music from such talented musicians as Grusin, altoist Eric Marienthal, guitarist Ricard Silveira and violinist Jerry Goodman, making this date a distinct disappointment.
Review by Scott Yanow