Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar
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Artist: Ornette ColemanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Music Label: Sound Grammar
Soundtracks:
- Jordan (after introducing the band members)
- Sleep Talking
- Turnaround
- Matador
- Waiting for You
- Call to Duty
- Once Only
- SONGX
Music reviews of Sound Grammar
Music Review: Coleman is smokin on the record!
Rating: 4 Stars
Two bassist, one bowed on plucked. On first listen this might sound like a mess but it works really well. Under Colemans bluesy,lyrical playing. The very fast drumming. The whole becomes like one of those magic pictures that on first sight looks like static but instead of your eyes you have to soft focus your mind. This is a very exciting jazz record. My favorite from Coleman in a long while. The slower numbers remind a little of the Dirty Three, which is a good thing. The only reason that it doesn't get five stars is the recording is a little muddy, hearing the separation of the basses a little more would have been great. But get it anyway!
Description of Sound Grammar
When so much jazz is recycled or reissued, a new Ornette Coleman album is cause for celebration. But Sound Grammar, the free-jazz legend's first release in a decade, is special even by his lofty standards. Coleman was 75 when this live-in-Italy set was recorded in 2005. But he sounds pluckier than he has in years. Pared down to its eloquent basics, the music has a rare combination of beauty, power, lift, and melodic immediacy. With two bassists providing contrasting textures and internal drama--Greg Cohen plucks his acoustic instrument while Tony Falanga bows his--Ornette plays with his usual songful brilliance on alto saxophone and also sounds great on trumpet, a secondary instrument on which he usually demonstrates yeoman skills. (He also dabbles on violin.) Sound Grammar could be better engineered--the astute catchall drumming of Ornette's son Denardo Coleman is too far back in the mix and the basses frequently don't have enough presence. But this album stands with Ornette's best. Two of the songs, "Turnaround" and "Song X," are remakes; the rest of the material is just as good. --Lloyd SachsGeneral CDs
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