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News from the darkest corners of the musical universe:
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Saturday, September 09, 2006 ◦
Ornette Coleman has released his first new album in more than a decade: Sound Grammar.
The release of Sound Grammar marks several firsts: the first release on Coleman's own, new label, also called Sound Grammar, the album is his first in more than a decade; his first live album in 20 years; and the first recording featuring his latest, now three- year-old, band. Composed of Ornette Coleman on saxophone, trumpet & violin, his son Denardo Coleman on drums, and acoustic bassists Tony Falanga (Orchestra of St. Luke's) & Greg Cohen (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn's Masada), this group sounds like no other on the music scene or in Ornette's career.
Beautifully recorded live in concert in Germany in late 2005, Sound Grammar showcases six brand new Coleman compositions and two remakes: "Song X," originally featured on the 1985 album of the same name, and "Turnaround," from the classic 1959 LP Tomorrow is The Question . He explains: "When I get a job to perform I write a whole new program of music so that we don't perform something I have played before and that my musicians have not. I want them to be affected the same way I'm being affected. I only do that for the sake of equality, not because I want to be a great composer."
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Sunday, September 03, 2006 ◦
Dana Countryman informs us: Jean Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman have finished recording and mixing their new CD. It was mastered by Rick Fisher of RFI/CD Mastering, and it will be released September 25th, 2006 on OGLIO RECORDS.
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