Coleman's, Steve Natal Eclipse / Morphogenesis
| Album: | Morphogenesis | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Coleman's, Steve Natal Eclipse | Added: | Jul 2017 | |
| Label: | Pi Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2017-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2017-10-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 15 | Sep 24 | Sep 17 | Sep 10 | Sep 3 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 11, 2022: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Jan 8, 2022)
Noh |
4. | Oct 14, 2017: | Music Casserole
Morphing |
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| 2. | Jan 08, 2022: | Music Casserole
Noh |
5. | Oct 12, 2017: | 808s and Satanic Rites
Morphing |
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| 3. | Nov 27, 2021: | Music Casserole
Morphing |
6. | Sep 21, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Noh |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2017-08-21
Reviewed 2017-08-21
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)
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
| 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 | |||||