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| 0.0 | Kusuriuri | April 30th 16 |
Purely business as usual for the man at this stage - Coming off fresh from the success of his revolutionary The Shape of Jazz To Come, here Coleman continues to use that same ilk of fairly standard bop
structures (minus the complete lack of chords) partially directed by soloists whose improvisations are completely, indeed, free. Throw in some wonky, labyrinthic rhythms for the themes, for good measure.
No instant money makers like "Lonely Woman" or "Peace", but anyone who dug The Shape... and wishes to find more of it has no reason to skip this.
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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | February 21st 24 |
Change of the Century is Coleman's way of offering improvisation opportunities on top of a rather conventional bop structure. Coleman and Cherry both deliver tasty soli, but the one that actually impressed me the most here was bassist Charlie Haden: always steady, and sometimes even forcing his way as the second melodic force behind Coleman (mostly on "The Face of the Bass"). Overall a great record that doesn't quite strike the balance between catchy melodies and laissez-faire as well as Shape.
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| 3.5 great | GamamJ | September 21st 20 |
Fuck yeahhh. More awesome soling from Coleman and his band. No chordal insteuments allow for a completely free range of improv.
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| 3.5 great | commonist | April 5th 18 |
Really solid but gets lost in the shuffle between seminal works like The Shape of Jazz to Come and Free Jazz.
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| 3.0 good | Dewinged STAFF | December 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | perival | October 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | January 27th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | May 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | RUSH | January 14th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Pon EMERITUS | April 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | October 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | May 15th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Veldin | June 12th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Nigtwig | January 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Behexen | September 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rodrigo | August 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | modulor | June 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rail | November 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | plato66 | October 13th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Mendigo | November 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | IAJP | August 13th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | orlok | March 26th 09 |
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