Kuhn, Steve Trio With Joe Lovano / Mostly Coltrane
Album: Mostly Coltrane   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Kuhn, Steve Trio With Joe Lovano   Added:Jul 2009
Label:Ecm Records (Jazz)  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-09-13 Pull Date: 2009-11-15 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 15 Oct 18 Oct 11 Oct 4 Sep 27
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 30, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
4. Nov 13, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
2. Aug 30, 2013: No Cover, No Minimum
Song Of Praise
5. Oct 17, 2009: Music Casserole
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
3. Oct 11, 2011: Rebop
Song Of Praise
6. Oct 16, 2009: No Cover, No Minimum
Song Of Praise

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-09-06
STEVE KUHN TRIO + JOE LOVANO: Mostly Coltrane
ECM, 2009

MODERN JAZZ – Pianist Steve Kuhn, who was a member of John Coltrane’s quartet for a few months in 1960, reinterprets tunes from that period and Trane’s later career. Focusing on his spiritual aspect and balladry rather than his fire, Kuhn and saxophonist Joe Lovano create a resonant, contemplative atmosphere fitting the “ECM sound.” They luxuriate in the richness of the material rather than wrestling it in some vain attempt to recreate the original vibe, and that’s why it works.

* * * * | All very nice. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12

1. 4:59 – floating, delicate ballad: serene solos for piano and sax… lovely
2. 7:29 – deep, spirited intro, then easy-walking modern bop
3. 6:22 – moody, velvet ballad: sax glows softly, piano drips with melancholy
4. 5:59 – trio: after-hours ballad, tender and romantic, sipping a cocktail
5. 8:43 – lively and swinging, beams brightly, sax comes in near halfway mark
6. 5:10 – gently lyrical: calm, spiritual surface and turbulent eddies below
7. 3:49 – sweet sunny day reverie, flows and meanders
8. 6:03 – upbeat: spiraling theme carries through to warm solos, perky rhythm
9. 3:40 – solo piano, lush and vibrant ballad
10. 4:21 – energetic drum bashing and rising/scurrying sax (later piano)
11. 6:56 – meditative, burgeoning sound, wide open and freely flowing
12. 8:18 – strong, soulful walk featuring Lovano on tarogato (like a clarinet)
13. 5:24 – solo piano: lush ballad with a magical, cinematic air

[ Fo ] 09/06/09

Track Listing
1. Welcome   7. Central Park West
2. Song Of Praise   8. Like Sonny
3. Crescent   9. With Gratitude
4. I Want To Talk About You   10. Configuration
5. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes   11. Jimmy's Mode
6. Living Space   12. Spiritual
  13. Trance