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Blending Times (CD)

By: Ravi Coltrane (Artist)

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Ravi Coltrane Artist Snapshot:

Lke his legendary, almost mythic father, John Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane is a tenor saxophonist , but he didn't go into the family business the usual way. Ravi was only two years old when his father died so the elder Coltrane's musical legacy wasn't an issue for the son until much later on. Young Ravi listened to Motown, James Brown, funk, classical music, and rock; he didn't get seriously into jazz until his late teens. After schooling, Ravi got practical experience with drummer Elvin Jones and pianist Joanne Brackeen. Ravi Coltrane's sound is huskier and more mercurial, somewhat evoking Joe Henderson in phrasing or Johnny Griffin in its linearity than that of his father.

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DISC 1 for Blending Times (CD) Album By Ravi Coltrane (Artist)
1   Shine
2   First Circuit
3   Still Life, A
4   Epistrophy
5   Amalgams
6   Narcined
7   One Wheeler Will
8   Last Circuit, The
9   Before With After
10   For Turiya - (featuring Brandee Younger/Charlie Haden)
 

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Review

Down Beat (p.72) - "With his long-time working quartet, Coltrane's music here is progressive within what most would accept as the contemporary mainstream. It is pure, earnest and marinated in modal flights that move freely over a permissive and responsive rhythmic underpinning that lets the music move where it likes."
JazzTimes (pp.72-73) - "Coltrane favors harmonic and rhythmic ambiguity....He exhibits a bold vulnerability that's refreshing to behold."

Title Note

Personnel: Ravi Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Luis Perdomo (piano); Drew Gress (acoustic bass); E.J. Strickland (drums).

Audio Mixer: Steve Genowick.

Being the son of the late jazz icon John Coltrane and harpist Alice Coltrane, tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane has quite a legacy to live up to. But the younger Coltrane isn't trying to escape his father's influence--he just wants to channel it in his own way. While his style is alternately energetic and moody post-bop, Ravi is not shy about embracing inspiration outside of mainstream jazz, such as the funk-flavored "Narcined" along with the free and spiritual strains of "For Turiya." (Jazz bass great Charlie Haden guests on the latter.) Unlike some jazz players, Ravi Coltrane also has the advantage of a long-standing band behind him, so his music as a whole has a distinctive sound.

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