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Cosmosamatics: Reeds & Birds
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| In the last couple of years Sonny Simmons has gone from hard-to-find to all-over-the-place. Burning Spirits was reissued by Fantasy, his early ESP and Arhoolie albums are available on iTunes, and he's managed to sustain steady output from the Cosmosamatics, the working group he co-leads with Michael Marcus. Simmons is a link in the saxophone chain that originates with Charlie Parker, extends to Ornette and Eric Dolphy, and now joins Marcus to that tradition of excellence. On Reeds & Birds the connection is made explicit as the two musicians (along with guest drummer Clifford Barbaro) tackle Parker's “Cheryl” (twice), “Drifting on a Reed”, and “Bird Feathers”, their multi-reed mix of alto, tenor, English horn, clarinet, and saxello at once contemporizing the tunes and making the case that the music has always been ahead of its time. The trio takes them just a little bit slower than Bird and Diz did, and swings them just a little bit looser. “Autumn in New York” features a slightly unhinged but oddly affecting Simmons vocal while his buzzing English horn relocates the standard to the Egyptian desert, and Marcus's clarinet on “In a Sentimental Mood”, the second part of the medley, is thick like frozen vodka. |
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ARTISTS
Sonny Simmons - alto sax, English horn, vocals
Michael Marcus - tenor sax, saxello, Bb clarinet
Clifford Barbaro - drums (#1-7)
Jay Rosen - drums (#8) |
TRACKS
1. Intoxicating Galaxies [01:38]
2. Cheryl (take 1) [04:21]
3. Drifting On A Reed [03:19]
4. 49th Street Stomp [08:38]
5. Ballad Medley: Autumn In New York / In A Sentimental Mood [05:21]
6. Bird Feathers [03:53]
7. Cheryl (take 2) [05:14]
8. Avant Garde Destruct (live) [24:36] |
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