Artist: Steve Khan
Title Of Album: Borrowed Time
Year Of Release: June 5, 2007
Label: Tone Center
Genre: Jazz
Bitrate: 192Kbps / 44,1Hz / Joint-Stereo
Total Time: 75:24 min
Total Size: 102 MB
Tracklist
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1. I Mean You
2. Mr. And Mrs. People
3. Face Value
4. El Faquir
5. You're My Girl
6. Blues For Ball
7. Have You Met Miss Jones?
8. Moon and Sand
9. Hymn Song
Musicians: Bobby Allende (Conga), Gabriela Anders (Vocal), Manolo Badrena (Percussion & Voice), Randy Brecker (Flџgelhorn), Jack DeJohnette (Drums), Ralph Irizarry (Timbal), Steve Khan (Guitar), Bob Mintzer (Bass Clarinet), Rob Mounsey (Keyboards), John Patitucci (Ac. Bass) Marc Qui–ones (Timbal), Roberto Quintero (Conga & Percussion), RubЋn Rodr’guez (Bass), Badal Roy (Tabla), Geeta Roy (Tamboura)
Review: Steve Khan's Grammy nominated Borrowed Time is a bit of a jazz paradox. Despite several unconventional arrangements and long improvisations, Borrowed Time's a very accessible album. The sound can even get a little too smooth at times. With phenomenal musicianship and individually great songs, it's hard to understand why a couple of the songs are a bit bland. It could be a matter of comparison, for much of this album is sublime.
"El Faquir" meshes Latin and Indian rhythm with jazz in an odd time signature. As Khan explains it, "When I sent Ralph [Irizarry] the demo and we talked about this, I think that, at first, he thought that I was crazy." At 13 minutes, "El Faquir" is the longest and most indulgent piece, the number of musicians on the track only add to its magnitude. Jack DeJohnette is joined by no less than five percussionists. That's Irizarry's timbales, Roberto Quintero's congas and Manolo Badrena's Venezuelan maracas. Weaving about that Latin crew are Badal Roy's tabla and Geeta Roy's ambient tamboura. To Bob Mintzer's hypnotic bass clarinet add some longtime Khan collaborators, John Patitucci on the upright and Rob Mounsey's keyboards.
Break it down and the Borrowed Time recording sessions really featured a few different bands. Most of the material has the trio of Khan, Patitucci and DeJohnette joined by percussion. Sometimes Badrena alone, sometimes Quintero and Irizarry. There's a band with a radio-friendly sound shaped by RubЋn Rodr’guez's meaty electric bass and Mounsey's keyboards. On these songs, Marc Qui–ones and Bobby Allende provide the rhythm and Khan trades solos with Randy Brecker's flџgelhorn.
Khan opens Borrowed Time with a rollicking version of Thelonius Monk's "I Mean You." It doesn't take long before this number heads out into uncharted territory and these are the moments when Borrowed Time is brilliant. DeJohnette interlaces with percussion while Khan and Patitucci play out their harmonic chase. Even when Khan drops out to leave a hole for DeJohnette and Irizarry, it's exciting music.
Khan and band embellish McCoy Tyner's "Mr. And Mrs. People" and come up with music that's infinitely more engaging than a version of "Have You Met Miss Jones?" that's rather faithful to Tyner's arrangement. "Blues For Ball," another Tyner tune, is one of the best pieces here, noteworthy as it was recorded with a smaller band that provides a real showcase for Khan's fretwork. It seems that there's a subtle McCoy Tyner tribute on this album.
After a long lapse between 1998's You Are Here and 2005's The Green Field, Borrowed Time's 2007 release and a subsequent 2008 live release suggest that Khan's headed into another productive phase of an already prolific career. Hopefully Khan takes the Grammy nomination to mean that his loose interpretations and eclectic approach really works in the studio.
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