Between Dreaming and Joy is the latest release from saxophonist, composer and educator Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band/Bela Fleck & the Flecktones). In the company of an eye-popping cast of musicians, the album is a breathtaking culmination of over two years in the studio. Calling upon its enigmatic, pandemic-included origins, Coffin's 10-track collection gathers unusual and new sounds for the saxophonist, speaking to the power of his boundless compositional impulse and eclectic sonic arrest. Coffin is joined by a diverse, all-star group of musicians for his 21st release as a leader. With an impressive and vast lineup, each artist featured on Between Dreaming and Joy's roster uniquely recorded for it in a different place - a rare circumstance for Coffin, who notes how recording each component felt like a jigsaw puzzle due to the album's many pieces. Between Dreaming and Joy, while anchored in spontaneity, captures Coffin's inclination to transcend genre. The record is sustained by a variety of instrumentation and features 8 bassists, 6 drummers, 5 guitar players, 4 keyboardists, a set of Middle Eastern frame drums, Brazilian percussion, Moroccan vocals, a turntable artist, multiple horns, an ice cream truck, a Hungarian Toarogato and an African Ngoni.
Review
Jeff Coffin is best known as a sideman/bandmate, in such high-profile and fusion texts as Dave Matthews and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, but has built up a 20-something album discography under his own name. For his latest, the culmination of intensive pandemic-time prep work and with a piled-high cast-of-many in the culling of parts from remote studios, Coffin jumps into an ambitious free fall of a project, to varied ends. Listening to the album in sequence may be misleading. Early, the album consists of innocuous and polished funk jazz variations, with simplistic riffs passing for melodies and an off-putting proximity to the banalities of smooth jazz. At times, Coffin's flute work has the effect - intentionally or otherwise - of a tribute to Herbie Mann, an unapologetic pop-jazz-fusioner of another era, especially on "Bird & Magic." Many of he album's charms and saving graces arrive in the details and detours, as with the 13-beat groove of "In the Belly of the Whale," and tasty solos from the likes of Robben Ford and Coffin on a myriad of reeds, flutes and more (including a coke bottle). The cinematic title cut may the set's highlight, with its enigmatically woozy sensuality, chromatically tumbling B section and a fluid, potent solo from young slide guitar wizard Marcus King. Rhythmic strategies can grab the ear even when other aspects fall short. "Spinning Plates," has a pan-global, hypnotically layered rhythmic maze effect, and a slithering slink-funky quality energizes "Behind the 8 Ball." --Josef Woodard, Downbeat
https://www.amazon.com/Between-Dreaming-Joy-Jeff-Coffin/dp/B0B8KWNV9H
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Between Dreaming and Joy es el último lanzamiento del saxofonista, compositor y pedagogo Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band/Bela Fleck & the Flecktones). En compañía de un elenco de músicos de excepción, el álbum es la impresionante culminación de más de dos años de estudio. Apelando a sus orígenes enigmáticos y pandémicos, la colección de 10 pistas de Coffin reúne sonidos inusuales y nuevos para el saxofonista, que hablan del poder de su ilimitado impulso compositivo y de su ecléctica detención sónica. En su 21º álbum como líder, Coffin cuenta con la colaboración de un grupo de músicos diverso y estelar. Con una alineación impresionante y vasta, cada artista que figura en la lista de Between Dreaming and Joy grabó para él en un lugar diferente, una circunstancia poco frecuente para Coffin, que señala cómo la grabación de cada componente se sintió como un rompecabezas debido a las muchas piezas del álbum. Between Dreaming and Joy, aunque anclado en la espontaneidad, capta la inclinación de Coffin por trascender los géneros. El disco se sustenta en una instrumentación variada y cuenta con 8 bajistas, 6 baterías, 5 guitarristas, 4 teclistas, un conjunto de tambores de marco de Oriente Medio, percusión brasileña, voces marroquíes, un artista del tocadiscos, múltiples trompas, un camión de helados, un Toarogato húngaro y un Ngoni africano.
Reseña
Jeff Coffin es más conocido como sideman/compañero de banda, en textos de alto nivel y fusión como Dave Matthews y Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, pero ha acumulado una discografía de veintitantos álbumes bajo su propio nombre. Para su último disco, culminación de un intenso trabajo de preparación en tiempo de pandemia y con un elenco de piezas apiladas en estudios remotos, Coffin se lanza a la ambiciosa caída libre de un proyecto, con fines variados. Escuchar el álbum en secuencia puede inducir a error. Al principio, el álbum consiste en inocuas y pulidas variaciones de funk jazz, con riffs simplistas que pasan por melodías y una proximidad desagradable a las banalidades del smooth jazz. A veces, el trabajo de flauta de Coffin tiene el efecto -intencionado o no- de un homenaje a Herbie Mann, un pop-jazz-fusionista sin complejos de otra época, especialmente en "Bird & Magic". Muchos de los encantos y gracias salvadoras del álbum llegan en los detalles y desvíos, como el ritmo de 13 tiempos de "In the Belly of the Whale" y los sabrosos solos de Robben Ford y Coffin en una miríada de cañas, flautas y más (incluida una botella de coca-cola). La cinemática canción que da título al disco puede que sea el punto álgido del conjunto, con su enigmática sensualidad woozy, su sección B cromáticamente tumultuosa y un solo fluido y potente del joven mago de la guitarra slide Marcus King. Las estrategias rítmicas pueden captar el oído incluso cuando otros aspectos se quedan cortos. "Spinning Plates" tiene un efecto de laberinto rítmico hipnóticamente estratificado, y "Behind the 8 Ball" tiene una cualidad de slink-funky escurridizo. --Josef Woodard, Downbeat
https://www.amazon.com/Between-Dreaming-Joy-Jeff-Coffin/dp/B0B8KWNV9H
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01) Vinnie the Crow [4:20]
JC - flute, bass clarinet, tenor sax, electro-sax
Jordan Perlson - drums/tambourine
DJ Logic - turntables
Michael League - electric bass
Nigel Hall - clavinet
Chris Walters - wurlitzer keyboard
Richard Aspinwall - electric guitar
02) Ruthie [4:04]
[Dedicated to Ruth Bader Ginsburg]
JC - flute, bass flute, soprano sax, tarogato, clarinet, bass clarinet, keys
Kris Myers - drums, cowbell, shakers
Jeff Babko - fender rhodes, prophet 5
Jonathan Wires - electric bass
Bob Lanzetti - electric guitar
03) Tip The Band [5:37]
JC - tenor sax, soprano sax, bari sax
Robben Ford - electric guitar
Keith Carlock - drums
Tony Hall - electric bass
Emmanuel Echem - trumpet
Ray Mason - trombone
04) In The Belly Of The Whale [5:18]
JC - bass clarinet, alto flute, bass flute, melodica, piccolo, clarinet, claps, percussion, shakers
Chester Thompson - drums
Felix Pastorius - electric bass
Bernardo Aguiar - brasilian percussion: pandeiro, berimbau, caixa, shakers, iron effects, surdo, timbal, seed pods, bass drum, sub drum, repique
05) Between Dreaming And Joy [6:15]
JC - tenor sax, soprano sax, bari sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, melodica, vocals
Marcus King - slide guitar
Stefan Lessard - electric bass
Keith Carlock - drums
Buddy Strong - B-3 Organ
Jennifer Hartswick - vocals
The Ice Cream Man - ice cream truck music
06) Spinning Plates [3:03]
JC - flute, bass flute, C whistle, soprano sax, bass clarinet, shakers, percussion
07) Behind The 8 Ball [5:03]
JC - tenor sax, soprano sax
Bill Fanning - muted trumpet
Derico Watson - drums
Vicente Archer - upright bass
Jeff Babko - echoplex, juno, MOOG, wurlitzer, ARP
Bob Lanzetti - guitar
08) Busting Out All Over [4:19]
JC - alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax
Derico Watson - drums
Alana Rocklin - electric bass
David Rodgers - fender rhodes, B-3 organ
Mike Baggetta - guitar loops
Jordan Perlson - congas, tambourine
09) When Birds Sing [4:12]
JC - bungee chair bass, clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals
Sarah Ariche - vocals, ngoni
Alana Rocklin - muted electric bass
Michael League - frame drums: riq, sumbati, moroccan, daf, doholla, buzz back
10) Bird & Magic [3:36]
JC - flute, bass flute, coke bottle, claps
Derrek Phillips - drums, shakers, tambourine
Chris Wood - upright bass, clapstick
Nigel Hall - fender rhodes, B-3 organ
TOTAL TIME: 45:47
All compositions by Jeff Coffin
Except Vinnie The Crow: Written by Jeff Coffin & Alex Clayton
Credits:
JEFF COFFIN:
SOPRANO SAX, ALTO SAX, TENOR SAX, BARI SAX, ELECTRO-SAX, TAROGATO, PICCOLO, ALTO FLUTE, BASS FLUTE, C FLUTE, CLARINET, BASS CLARINET, MELODICA, VOCALS, PERCUSSION, COKE BOTTLES
BASS: Vicente Archer, Tony Hall, Michael League, Stefan Lessard, Felix Pastorius, Alana Rocklin, Jonathan Wires, Chris Wood
GUITAR: Richard Aspinwall, Mike Baggetta, Robben Ford, Marcus King, Bob Lanzetti
DRUMS: Keith Carlock, Kris Myers, Jordan Perlson, Derrek Phillips, Chester Thompson, Derico Watson
KEYS: Jeff Babko, Nigel Hall, David Rodgers, Buddy Strong, Chris Walters
TRUMPET: Emmanuel Echem, Bill Fanning
TROMBONE: Ray Mason
BRASILIAN PERCUSSION: Bernardo Aguiar
MOROCCAN FRAME DRUMS: Michael League
VOCALS & NGONI: Sarah Ariche
ADDITIONAL VOCALS: Jennifer Hartswick
TURNTABLES: DJ Logic
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