Label: Palmetto
Jazz
In 1964 John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones. It's one of most influential and imposing jazz suites ever written, and on this debut CD for the Palmetto label, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, featuring Wynton Marsalis, adapts Coltrane's immortal composition to the big band. Not to be outdone by his brother Branford's quartet version of this material recorded live on DVD, Wynton and company skillfully extend and elaborate on the Coltrane's work, and preserve the soul-searching spirit of the four-part suite, which deals with the blues, 4/4 swing, Afro-Latin rhythms, and ballads. Pulsed by Carlos Henriquez's sure-footed basslines, Herlin Riley's spiritual syncopations and Earl Lewis's profound pianisms, saxophonist Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson's Tranish cries, and the leader's triumphant trumpet tones are as fluent and fierce as ever. Collectively, this brilliant orchestra goes where no large ensemble has gone before.
By Eugene Holley, Jr.
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I admit, I was sceptical when this CD was first handed to me. And "yes" I am a firm believer that some material should not be covered - like "Take Five" for example. No variation, improvisation, or arrangement could ever reach the heights of that original. I had put "A Love Supreme" in that category as well ... until I heard Wynton's brother Branford's live recording of "A Love Supreme", released in late 2004. So Wynton was under quite some pressure to deliver ...
And here are my ten Cents: I love this CD. In fact, I am listening to it over and over again, always discovering new nuances in Marsalis' smart big band arrangements. He leaves enough space for each musician - including himself - to show their artistic talents while never losing the cohesiveness needed to make this production work. It's a treat for the jazz-loving ear. Appropriately challenging, yet flowing and fresh. There is an Ellingtonian grandeur to the recording and Wynton Marsalis' classcial music training certainly came in handy here. Incidentally, "A Love Supreme" was produced by yet another member of the Marsalis family, brother Delfeayo.
By Kate Says.
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Wynton Marsalis- (Trumpet),
Lew Soloff- (Trumpet),
Marcus Printup- Ttrumpet),
Ryan Kisor- (Trumpet),
Weiss "Warmdaddy" Anderson- (Saxophone),
Ted Nash- (Saxophone),
Walter Blanding- (Saxophone),
Victor Goines- (Saxophone),
Joe Temperley- (Saxophone),
Ronald Westray- (Trombone),
Vincent Gardner- (Trombone),
Andre Hayward- (Trombone),
Eric Lewis- (Piano),
Carlos Henriquez- (Bass),
Herlin Riley- (Drums)
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01. Acknowledgement 11.24
02. Resolution 9.42
03. Pursuance 12.82
04. Psalm 12.07
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