Several years after re-inventing himself as a jazz-pop fusion artist, Jorge Drexler has changed the paradigm again. Gone are Campodonico and Cascobuerta, the DJ's who created the atmospheric textures on his previous 3 albums. Now he brings in an all-star cast of studio jazz musicians.
That's the first thing to take into account about Amar la Trama. This is not "Disneylandia" or even "Todo Se Transforma." It's a more polished version of his rootsy beginnings, a mature extension of Llueve and Radar.
Of course, Drexler's last album, 12 Segundos de Oscuridad, was quite brooding by his standards owing to his divorce from Ana Laan. Now he's remarried to Leonor Watling (surely one of the world's most beautiful women, I might add) and all is well in Casa Drexler.
The second important aspect of Amar la Trama is that it was recorded live in session. Usually for a project like this, all the musicians would track separately to ensure note-perfect takes. Not so here. It's a full band, in a room, taking cues from the maestro. This lends the album a wonderful warmth and spontaneity. Hey, it worked for the old-time jazz greats. Why not?
If you want one song to convince you, try "I Don't Worry About A Thing." That's right, English!
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