Dreaming of the Masters Suite

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艺人: The Art Ensemble of Chicago
语种: 英语
厂牌: DIW
发行时间: 1970年01月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Brian Olewnick

During the late '80s and early '90s, the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded a number of albums for the Japanese DIW label. While a couple of these releases were fine additions to their catalog (notably, Dreaming of the Masters, Vol. 1 and The Art Ensemble of Soweto), the majority found the band treading water, breezing through tunes and structures long a staple of their repertoire but rarely either breaking new ground or playing with inspiration. Dreaming of the Masters Suite is an example of this trend. Subtitled, &Music inspired by and dedicated to John Coltrane,& the recording includes three covers of Coltrane classics (&Impressions,& &Naima& and &Spiritual&) as well as a rendition of the the Art Ensemble's often-played tribute &Ohnedaruth.& The Coltrane songs are played competently but without either the ecstatic abandon of their creator, or with the investigatory intelligence and wit of the the Art Ensemble at its peak. Only the short reading of &Spiritual& succeeds completely and, even here, one wonders if it's only because of the enormous innate beauty of the composition. &Ohnedaruth& can be, as performed on the Phase One or Bap-Tizum albums, a piece of huge power and thrilling invention. Here, it's given an almost cursory run-through, as if in admission that the group has previously wrung all that it could from the piece. The remaining compositions walk a similarly safe line; they're pleasant enough and well-played but don't have the bite or passion that admirers of this superb ensemble had come to expect.

Dreaming of the Masters Suite

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