Backwoods Suite_音乐专辑
Backwoods Suite
表演者: Sonny Simmons Feat. Billy Higgins
专辑类型: Import
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: Nov 1, 1999
唱片数: 1
出版者: West Wind
条形码: 4011778100287
专辑简介
When this CD was released in 1994, it should have resulted in altoist Sonny Simmons getting a comeback of the year award. Playing in a sparse trio with bassist Charnett Moffett and his son Zarak Simmons on drums, the veteran saxophonist proved to not only be in prime form after many years off the scene, but just as fiery and adventurous as he had been in the 1960s. Simmons' eight originals (which include "Reincarnation," "Country Parson" and "Sundown In Egypt") have plenty of variety, but it is the frequently telepathic interplay between the three musicians during improvisations that makes this CD essential for open-minded listeners. ~ Scott Yanow
Sonny Simmons came out of New York's early-'60s avant-garde jazz scene. On this, his first album in a dozen years, Simmons shakes off years of unjust obscurity to emerge as a major talent. The noisy, superficial aspects of the early-'60s jazz scene have been stripped away from his playing but the essence of free jazz--the ability to follow an impulse wherever it leads--remains in Simmons's twisting, restless compositions. Accompanied by the propulsive rhythms of his son Zarak Simmons on drums and Charnett Moffett on bass, Simmons plays long, long solos which maintain an astonishing harmonic continuity even as they snake in every direction except the expected one. ~ Geoffrey Himes
曲目
1 Sparrow's Last Jump 5.55 Sonny Simmons
2 Backwoods Suite* 6.50 Sonny Simmons
3 Title X 11.08 Sonny Simmons
4 You Better Do It Now Before You Die Later 5.14 Sonny Simmons
5 Manhattan Out 8.09 Billy Higgins
6 Chimes Of Time 3.02 Billy Higgins
7 Shores Of Trinidad 8.14 Sonny Simmons
8 Backwoods Suite
