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| 0.0 | dynamic range police | April 22nd 23 |
Impossibly good stuff right here. In my opinion this is rstronger than Journey to Satchidananda for the reason of reducing harp meandering in favor of a stronger post-bop(?) core, striking a stunning balance between spiritual and simply fun jazz. Granted Journey is a classic for good reason, but don't sleep on this!
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | April 6th 21 |
5/5 lineup - Alice of course, Pharoah (of course) & Joe Henderson on the sax'n'flute duties, Ben Riley hitting tha drums and Ron Carter's gentle basslines. Despite the clear spiritual undertone, it's when the album mostly draws from the post-bop textbook that it's truly engaging - Alice's piano playing on "Turiya and Ramakrishna" is mesmerizing. It's just a shame we don't get to hear much of her harp - only present on "Blue Nile", sampled by her grand-nephew FlyLo on Cosmogramma. Beautiful and nice, yet not as impacting or awe-inspiring as Journey is.
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| 4.5 superb | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | April 5th 21 |
Where this albums falls a little in comparison with Alice's other work (especially 'Journey') is that it takes its merry time to blossom its fruit. By no means is it lacking on any front or overstays its welcome, but its song-writing direction can, by some accounts, not be as immediate or progressing as one'd've hoped. If that is no issue (and even a casual fan of jazz most likely finds that as no issue), then what you'll find hither is a brilliant slow-burning spiritual jazz escapade.
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| 5.0 classic | Gleam | August 3rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Elynna | July 27th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | KuyJuk | April 14th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | gilly | April 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Pangea | April 6th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | January 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | August 3rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | April 30th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | YMII | January 25th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | JoeFar | December 3rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | February 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tb1114 | November 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | November 14th 16 |
| 3.5 great | espnil | October 3rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | LOE | May 26th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | wildar | October 17th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | BlueW | July 9th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Behexen | September 20th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Ovi | May 19th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Hawey | September 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Glomp | February 9th 10 |
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