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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | May 29th 21 |
Rarely does an avant-garde jazz album this wild also sound so calm and relaxing.
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| 4.0 excellent | krongey | December 29th 21 |
This album feels very much like a companion piece to Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch, which had come out nine months previously. The young Tony Williams sets the quirky groove for a set of five distinctive compositions that present unusual structures for satisfying soloing. The line-up of legendary players speaks to Hill's own confidence in leading such an ambitious session. Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson and Tony Williams seemed to come as a package after working together on Dorham's Una Mas a couple of years earlier. Psychic musical partners Richard Davis and Eric Dolphy merge something explosive into the mix. Hill's approach is cerebral with counterpoint-filled heads, Bartok-like harmonies and unexpected contrasts in arrangement. His solos transition seamlessly between Monk-like jabbing and fluidly poetical, sometimes sentimental musings. My favorite track is "Spectrum" with its ultra-mod head construction, and a complex suite-like structure that moves from chunky swing to a spacy 5/4 musical orrery in the phrygian mode to a slow march-like section to a waltz. Hill makes room in the track for solos on both bass clarinet and sax by Dolphy.
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| 3.5 great | GamamJ | December 5th 20 |
A cool, but surprisingly accesible avant-garde jazz affair.
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| 4.5 superb | EasterInTheBatcave | April 7th 17 |
Excellent avantgarde jazz release. For the genre, it's accessible, and thus a good entry point for curious onlookers. Nice mix of the sorrowful ("Dedication") and upbeat ("Flight 19"). The record doesn't take it to a level of intensity that I enjoy most in avantgarde jazz, but I respect the elegant, impassioned performances.
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| 4.5 superb | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Tb1114 | February 15th 22 |
| 3.5 great | KuyJuk | July 26th 20 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | July 8th 20 |
| 3.5 great | adr | September 6th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | remi | July 14th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Wolfe | March 31st 18 |
| 3.0 good | RUSH | January 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | May 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pon EMERITUS | April 22nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Henry | February 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | YakNips | February 24th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | November 14th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | February 12th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Behexen | October 13th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ethos | May 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Athom EMERITUS | October 14th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Hawey | September 2nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Dodge | July 26th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Acorn | July 25th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | v1p | March 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | February 7th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Manic_ | August 30th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | hval91 | January 5th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Phasing | September 3rd 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Kage | August 7th 08 |
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