Right up there with Life Time as one of my favorite avant-jazz albums, Don Cherry's Complete Communion is another "must hear" for anyone who considers themselves a fan of strange and difficult music. The arrangements and musicianship on Complete Communion defy logic, motifs come and go, hooks and grooves are alluded to, return, shift, and twist into other ideas and forms. At times their is a feeling of improvisation but then the order is revealed in another head-scratching turn. Trying to describe Complete Communion to someone who hasn't heard it is kind of like taking a class in how to be in a car accident. I will shut up now, and let the music do the talking, and it does a lot of talking.
Fantastic record. Henry Grimes is one of my favorite bassists. His few solo albums are outstanding. And what a cool story -- the jazz world thought he was dead for twenty years!
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ReplyDeleteThanks again. All the jazz you've been posting lately has just been amazing.
ReplyDeleteI don't have nearly enough Don Cherry. Like his Penderecki collaboration very much.
ReplyDeleteThis is certainly not like any jazz I've heard thus far. I love it. Thanks.
ReplyDeletecool album. yeah like he said, thanks for all the jazz stuff! more please!
ReplyDeleteStill jamming this. Can't get it off the PC... Thanks again!
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that recording...
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thanks a lot for that post!
Been listening to a lot of Jazz and black metal...my Lady says it makes her head hurt...I think it makes mine hurt as well...schizo/too much coffee,man.
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