Rova & Nels Cline Singers / Celestial Septet, The
Album: Celestial Septet, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Rova & Nels Cline Singers   Added:Mar 2010
Label:New World Records  

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Add Date: 2010-04-11 Pull Date: 2010-06-13 Charts: Jazz
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-04-11
ROVA + NELS CLINE SINGERS: The Celestial Septet
New World, 2010

AVANT-GARDE – Two of the leading bands of the west coast avant-garde join forces for a masterful excursion, not super far-out but very cerebral and challenging. The group sounds merge excellently: as you might expect, Cline thrills while the Rova gang intrigues and rhythm section kicks ass in the background. Very solid stuff; recommended.

* * * * * | All tracks excellent!

1. 12:45 – mystical calm: a slow, moaning melody evolves very gradually… becomes more abstract in second half, slowly blooming and dying

2. 12:25 – oddball popping theme; scrappy sax banter over strange backdrop; tweaked-out electronic/guitar solo gets spazzy

3. 25:23 – spacious intro; becomes warm & optimistic; guitar solo twists, gets dense & piercing; complex ensemble play; ~13:00 saxes all go nuts; group squeals, then long bass solo; gentle improv up to final surge

4. 02:26 – strange, happy sort of march; Cline totally wigs out on top

5. 15:59 – very slow, mysterious, ominous… high, eerie sax tones; becomes wide open with gloopy electronics; in second half, sudden bursts of high-speed free jazz alternate with quieter improv interplay

[ Fo ] 04/11/10

Track Listing
1. Cesar Chávez   3. Whose To Know (For Albert Ayler)
2. Trouble Ticket   4. Head Count
  5. The Buried Quilt