giovanniguidi.net

Enrico Rava Quintet: Impressions Of Ornette Coleman

As its knotty title suggests, "Cornettology" is an impressionistic homage to saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, who helped open the gates for more explorative means of collective jazz improvisation upon his 1959 arrival in New York. Coleman's provocative "harmolodic" approach is wildly intimidating, because it requires a musician to completely adjust his or her approach to melody, harmony and rhythm.
Leggi tutto...