By CHRIS MOSEY
February 10, 2019
This is an important, even historic album. It marks—unannounced—the return of a great figure of the free jazz era, Pharoah Sanders. Saxophonist Albert Ayler once famously declared, "Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost."
Hammond organist Joey DeFrancesco has orchestrated Sanders' return from oblivion. Without it, the album would be just one more round of Hammond organ tunes that adhere to DeFrancesco's dictum "I just like to swing."
Sanders is featured on three numbers: the title track; his own, perhaps best-known song, "The Creator Has A Master Plan"; and "And So It Is." Without in any way disturbing the album's main, happy-go-lucky thrust, these songs provide a glimpse back into another time when brave men sought to expand the music's and their own horizons.
Sanders, aged 78, has distanced himself from those free jazz years. His website says: "Although he made his name with expressionistic, nearly anarchic free jazz in John Coltrane's late ensembles of the mid-60s, Sanders' later music is guided by more graceful concerns. The hallmarks of Sanders' playing at that time were naked aggression and unrestrained passion. In the years after Coltrane's death, however, Sanders explored other, somewhat gentler and perhaps more cerebral avenues—without, it should be added, sacrificing any of the intensity that defined his work as an apprentice to Coltrane."
Hats off to Joey DeFrancesco for this chance to re-evaluate Sanders' work.
DeFrancesco's own numbers are executed with his customary panache. "Inner Being" and "Vibrations In Blue" test the limits of the instrumentation to emerge by and large unscathed. "Soul Perspective" is gentle and melodic, with Troy Roberts putting in some good work on tenor and soprano saxophones.
"A Path Through The Noise" speaks for itself —it's meditative and calm with DeFrancesco taking a solo on trumpet, which he took up after gigging with Miles Davis as a very young man.
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Por CHRIS MOSEY
10 de febrero de 2019
Este es un disco importante, incluso histórico. Marca -no anunciada- el regreso de una gran figura de la era del free jazz, Pharoah Sanders. El saxofonista Albert Ayler declaró una vez: "Trane era el Padre, Faraón era el Hijo, yo soy el Espíritu Santo".
El organista de Hammond Joey DeFrancesco ha orquestado el regreso de Sanders del olvido. Sin él, el álbum sería sólo una ronda más de temas de órgano de Hammond que se adhieren a la frase de DeFrancesco "Sólo me gusta columpiarme".
Sanders aparece en tres números: el tema del título; su propia canción, quizás la más conocida, "El Creador tiene un plan maestro"; y "Y así es". Sin perturbar en modo alguno el empuje principal y alegre del álbum, estas canciones proporcionan un vistazo a otra época en la que los hombres valientes buscaban expandir la música y sus propios horizontes.
Sanders, de 78 años, se ha distanciado de aquellos años del free jazz. Su página web dice: "Aunque se hizo un nombre con el jazz libre expresionista y casi anárquico en los últimos conjuntos de John Coltrane de mediados de los 60, la música posterior de Sanders está guiada por preocupaciones más elegantes. Las señas de identidad del juego de Sanders en ese momento eran la agresividad desnuda y la pasión desenfrenada. Sin embargo, en los años posteriores a la muerte de Coltrane, Sanders exploró otras vías, algo más suaves y quizás más cerebrales, sin las cuales habría que añadir, sacrificando cualquiera de las intensidades que definieron su trabajo como aprendiz de Coltrane".
Me quito el sombrero ante Joey DeFrancesco por esta oportunidad de reevaluar el trabajo de Sanders.
Los números propios de DeFrancesco se ejecutan con su habitual garbo. "Inner Being" y "Vibrations In Blue" ponen a prueba los límites de la instrumentación para emerger ilesos en general. "Soul Perspective" es suave y melódica, con Troy Roberts haciendo un buen trabajo con saxofones tenor y soprano.
"A Path Through The Noise" habla por sí mismo - es meditativo y tranquilo con DeFrancesco tomando un solo de trompeta, que retomó después de tocar con Miles Davis cuando era muy joven.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/in-the-key-of-the-universe-joey-defrancesco-mack-avenue-records-review-by-chris-mosey.php
Tracklist:1 - Inner Being - 5:18
2 - Vibrations In Blue - 6:42
3 - Awake And Blissed - 3:01
4 - It Swung Wide Open - 3:54
5 - In The Key Of The Universe - 5:05
6 - The Creator Has A Master Plan - 11:00
7 - And So It Is - 7:52
8 - Soul Perspective - 5:30
9 - A Path Through The Noise - 4:47
10 - Easier To Be - 5:15
Credits:
A&R [Senior Director] – Will Wakefield
Cover – Daniel B. Holeman
Creative Director [VP Creative Services] – Maria Ehrenreich
Design – Raj Naik
Executive-Producer – Gretchen Valade
Mastered By – Nathan James
Mastered By [Vinyl Mastering] – Chris Muth
Photography – Michael Woodall
Producer – Joey DeFrancesco
Producer, Production Manager – Gloria DeFrancesco
Product Manager – Shannon Moore
Recorded By, Mixed By – Clarke Rigsby
Joey DeFrancesco (Organ, trumpet); Pharoah Sanders (Tenor saxophone,
vocal); Troy Roberts (Soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, bass); Sammy
Figueroa (Percussion); Billy Hart (Drums).
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