| Coleman, Steve & Five Elements / Mancy Of Sound, The |
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| Album: | Mancy Of Sound, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Coleman, Steve & Five Elements | Added: | 08/2011 | |
| Label: | Pi Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-08-14 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-16 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 9 Oct | 2 Oct | 25 Sep | 18 Sep | 11 Sep | 4 Sep | 28 Aug | 21 Aug |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 28, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Odú Ifá Suite: Air-Iwori | 4. | Sep 21, 2011: | Memory Select Formation 2 | |
| 2. | Oct 07, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Odú Ifá Suite: Air-Iwori | 5. | Sep 14, 2011: | Memory Select Odú Ifá Suite: Air-Iwori | |
| 3. | Sep 28, 2011: | Memory Select Jan 18 | 6. | Sep 07, 2011: | Memory Select Noctiluca (Jan 11) |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-08-14 | ||
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STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTS: The Mancy of Sound Pi, 2011 AVANT-GARDE – Sax adventurer Coleman continues his experiments in employing abstract vocals (Jen Shyu) against densely layered horns, while applying concepts of astrology and other divination systems to his music in ways I don’t pretend to understand. Coleman has a top band with two drummers on hand, allowing rhythm to take a foreground position (especially in the suite, tracks 3-6). It can be a bit difficult to approach at times, but overall I find this more cohesive and successful than 2010’s Harvesting Semblances and Affinities. Steve Coleman : alto sax Jonathan Finlayson : trumpet Tim Albright : trombone Jen Shyu : voice Thomas Morgan : bass Tyshawn Sorey, Marcus Gilmore : drums Ramon Garcia Perez : percussion Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 1. 6:41 – heavy rhythm, jumbled horn/vocal fragments; sax solo burns through 2. 7:05 – meandering but excellent horn interplay with scatlike vocal syllables 3. 5:21 – complex afro-caribbean rhythm, percolating horns & sing-song vocal 4. 6:15 – slower patterns, slouching horns in close formation, male Yoruba vox 5. 6:36 – upbeat jumble; horn solos and vocals rise from the bubbling rhythm 6. 7:59 – the most melodic track: relaxed, complex flow, spoken interjections 7. 6:56 – horns & vocal only; relaxed wandering, picks up rhythmic focus later 8. 12:20 – a sort of abstracted latin jam, complicated interactions & nice solos [ Fo ] - August 2011 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Jan 18 | 5. | Odú Ifá Suite: Air-Iwori | |||
| 2. | Formation 1 | 6. | Odú Ifá Suite: Water-Oyeku | |||
| 3. | Odú Ifá Suite: Fire-Ogbe | 7. | Formation 2 | |||
| 4. | Odú Ifá Suite: Earth-Idi | 8. | Noctiluca (Jan 11) |