| Coleman's, Steve Natal Eclipse / Morphogenesis |
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| Album: | Morphogenesis | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Coleman's, Steve Natal Eclipse | Added: | 07/2017 | |
| Label: | Pi Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2017-10-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 15 Oct | 24 Sep | 17 Sep | 10 Sep | 3 Sep |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 14, 2017: | Music Casserole Morphing | 4. | Sep 15, 2017: | Rebop Shoulder Roll | |
| 2. | Oct 12, 2017: | 808s and Satanic Rites Morphing | 5. | Sep 08, 2017: | Rebop Roll Under And Angles | |
| 3. | Sep 21, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Noh | 6. | Aug 31, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum Morphing |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2017-08-21 | ||
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AVANT-GARDE JAZZ Alto sax master (and MacArthur Fellow) Steve Coleman leads a new, mid-sized combo called Natal Eclipse. Jonathan Finlayson is here from the Five Elements, as are several folks from Coleman’s big band, Council of Balance. This lineup is alto & tenor saxes, trumpet, clarinet, violin, voice, and piano. There’s no traditional drum kit, but some percussion on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9. The sounds of violin & clarinet mixed with those of sax & trumpet produce a hybrid of avant-garde classical and jazz. No FCC issues. 1 Mid-slow. Jagged melody line, first on alto then trumpet. Loose, casual interaction. (9:35) 2 * Mid-tempo. Bouncy melody mostly on alto. Dissonant insertions by others. (5:18) 3 Mid-slow. Bursts of interrupted melody. Wordless female vox. Eerie but pleasant. (4:31) 4 Very slow. Percussion starts, then long mournful notes. Background vox & sounds. (4:39) 5 ** Mid-tempo. Intricate counterpoint with all reeds & pizzicato bass. Vox joins. Solos by alto sax, piano, violin. Seems composed, not improved, not dissonant. Interesting. (14:08) 6 ** Mid-slow. Gentle & melodic interplay between all the instruments. Bass solo. (5:10) 7 * Slow. Short honks on sax. Adagio voice & trumpet. Eerie & mesmerizing. (3:45) 8 * Mid-slow. Melodic, but everyone is independent. Bass & piano accompany. (6:58) 9 Mid-fast. Anxious & tense. Mostly ensemble playing; trumpet has a solo. (6:30) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Inside Game | 5. | Morphing | |||
| 2. | Pull Counter | 6. | Shoulder Roll | |||
| 3. | Roll Under And Angles | 7. | Span | |||
| 4. | Noh | 8. | Dancing And Jabbing | |||
| 9. | Horda | |||||