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'gon- I couldn't tell if Nat Hentoff liked it either. Something like that probably was needed because Trane really got into another gear with that release. I just remember not being able to go there no matter what I smoked. It was just too dark and turgid for me. Now, that's from memory. I haven't heard it since it's release. Last night I listened to two releases from Jan Garabek/Bobo Stenson Quartet on ECM, Dansere (1976) and Witchi-Tao-To (1973). The closing track on the latter, Desireless, is 20 minutes long and the best thing that ever happened to Garabek to these ears is Bobo Stenson, and Palle Danielson, and Jon Christenson. It is a superb piece. Danielson's instrument is beautifully recorded as his playing is profoundly good. I just love that selection. Stenson is amazing and very passionate and long, thankfully. You can't just sample it, however, cause it takes a while for it to unfold. It's one of those tunes that builds momentum. But, you can buy it and I sure would recommend that jazz fans do.
New York drummer Nadav Snir-Zelniker assembles a trio of veteran performers for a recording fully immersed in the jazz tradition while always looking forward. The Israel-born Snir-Zelniker combines with pianist and native New Yorker Ted Rosenthal and a product of the Midwest, bassist Todd Coolman, as they bring singular perspectives to this new and engaging dialogue. With arrangements of classics like Isfahan, Blue Skies and Secret Love combined with inspired originals by Nadav and Rosenthal, the group adds an exciting new recording to the piano trio lexicon.
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This is an illuminating meeting between musicians who share similar cultural background and creative directions. Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar is an Iraqi-American whose work has fused elements of jazz and the maqam music of Iraq...Tenor saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh is an older Iranian-American who has worked with jazz forms and Persian dastgah to develop his own tonal system that he dubs "chromodal," suggesting perhaps the "harmolodics" of Ornette Coleman, with whom Modirzadeh has played. Working from traditions that include modal improvisation and untempered, microtonal pitches, the co-leaders present two extended suites here, "Radif-e Kayhan" by Modirzadeh and "Copper Suite" by ElSaffar, performed with the empathetic accompaniment of bassist Mark Dresser, whose bass will suddenly rise up to sing with the horns, and drummer Alex Cline, who can move from free jazz polyrhythms to ceremonial invocation to luminous cymbal washes that add a sense of timeless, lustrous reflection. Each suite moves through a sequence of melodies with group and solo improvisations and ever-changing moods. They're often executed with a rhythmic verve that combines a loose expressiveness with almost telepathic precision, invoking not only the early Coleman quartets, but more precisely Don Cherry's brilliant suites of the mid-'60s like "Complete Communion" and "Symphony for Improvisers."...http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35829
Brad Mehldau Trio - Live (2008)
