Friday, October 23, 2009

Dave LIEBMAN - Homage To John Coltrane 1987


Dave LIEBMAN - Homage To John Coltrane 1987

Jazz

Influential French label Owl was set up in 1976 by photographer Jean-Jacques Pussiau, but it concentrated less on homegrown talent (though it showcased the late Michel Petrucianni) than on reviving overlooked talents and helping celebrated ones find new or rekindled intimacies.

Of a current batch of Owl reissues, this 1987 recording led by sometime Miles Davis saxophonist Dave Liebman checks 10 John Coltrane compositions, half with an acoustic band, half with a Miles/Weather Report-like fusion one. Liebman can be as fast-moving and harmonically advanced as the late Michael Brecker, but has his own subtly nuanced tone, skewed intervals (Indian music has been a big influence) and timing. He's tender on an atmospheric Crescent (with Eddie Gomez's bass), After The Rain, and on a yearning Dear Lord (with Jim Beard's strings-like synths), and turns Dahomey Dance into a scything soprano-sax and funk blues. It's wonderful sax, and since Liebman isn't a Coltrane clone, it's also different from the usual tributes - even if the second half shows its age a little.
By John Fordham,The Guardian.
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TRACKS 1 to 5:
Dave Liebman- Soprano Sax
Jim McNeely- Acoustic Piano
Eddie Gomez- Acoustic Bass
Adam Nussbaum- Drums, Percussion
Caris Visentin- Oboe

TRACKS 6 to 10:
Dave Liebman- Soprano Sax
Jim Beard- Synthesizers
Mark Egan- Electric Bass
Bob Moses- Drums, Percussion
Caris Visentin- Oboe
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01. Untitled Original (5:16)
02. Crescent (4:57)
03. Love (8:20)
04. Joy / Selflessness (5:42)
05. After The Rain (3:37)
06. India (7:54)
07. Welcome (7:03)
08. Mr. Day (6:09)
09. Dear Lord (2:40)
10. Dahomey Dance (4:25)
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