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▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: Sam Rivers ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Crystals ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Impulse ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Genre........: Jazz ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
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░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: Aug-20-2002 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ size........: 55,8 MB ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀
▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ playtime....: 40:33 min ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░
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▓████▓▌ 01. exultation 08:26 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. tranquility 08:59 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. postlude 02:31 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. bursts 06:52 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. orb 09:37 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. earth song 04:08 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ When Sam Rivers' Crystals was released in 1974, it ▓▌
▓████▓▌ had been over a decade since Ornette had worked ▓▌
▓████▓▌ with his Free Jazz Double Quartet, nine years since ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Coltrane assembled his Ascension band, and six ▓▌
▓████▓▌ since the first Jazz Composers' Orchestra ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Association was formed and whose first records were ▓▌
▓████▓▌ issued (a couple of members of that band also ▓▌
▓████▓▌ perform with Rivers here). It's difficult to note ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in the 21st century just how forward-thinking this ▓▌
▓████▓▌ avant-garde big band was, and how completely ▓▌
▓████▓▌ innovative Rivers' compositions are. The number of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ musicians on this session is staggering: With ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Rivers, it numbers 64 pieces! A few of the names ▓▌
▓████▓▌ appearing here are Hamiet Bluiett, Richard Davis, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Bob Stewart, John Stubblefield, Bill Barron, Robin ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Kenyatta, Julius Watkins, Norman Connors, Andrew ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Cyrille, Billy Hart, Ahmed Abdullah, Charles ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Sullivan, Clifford Thornton, Grachan Moncur, Ronnie ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Boykins, and Reggie Workman ù and no pianist. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Musically, this is the mature Sam Rivers speaking ▓▌
▓████▓▌ from the wide base of his knowledge as a composer, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ improviser, and conceptualist. These compositions ▓▌
▓████▓▌ were written between 1959 and 1972, and were ▓▌
▓████▓▌ finished as new elements came to him to fit them ▓▌
▓████▓▌ together conceptually. The fact that all six of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ them are so gorgeously juxtaposed is a testament to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ his discipline and his vision. From the beginning ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of "Exultation," the horns storm out of the gate, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ saxophones up front in what appears to be full free ▓▌
▓████▓▌ jazz freakout. Trumpets and trombones bleat behind, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and the bass violins bow in unison on a modal ▓▌
▓████▓▌ opening. Within minutes, however, the rhythm ▓▌
▓████▓▌ section kicks in, and a full-on swinging soprano ▓▌
▓████▓▌ solo accompanied by the stomping bass of Workman ▓▌
▓████▓▌ fills the center for about 40 bars until the entire ▓▌
▓████▓▌ band comes back for a restated them that is knotty ▓▌
▓████▓▌ yet swinging. A number of instruments then jump ▓▌
▓████▓▌ through the center of the piece, creating an ▓▌
▓████▓▌ intervallic dialogue that prompts the soloists to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ come back in and take it. The intervals and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ contrapuntal structures are subtle enough to avoid ▓▌
▓████▓▌ seams ù though the jagged edges in the solos ▓▌
▓████▓▌ provide dense and beautiful textures ù and when the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ whole band comes back in, one doesn't notice that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ they are all grooving in a whole new rhythmic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ situation that is full of stops, starts, and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sideways maneuvers. On "Tranquility," the bassist ▓▌
▓████▓▌ lays down a syncopated funk groove and long, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ drifting melodic lines that are written out comes ▓▌
▓████▓▌ flowing in between the bass and Stewart's tuba. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ They shimmer around each other in harmonic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ dissonance, though with the dynamics controlled, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the edges are rounded. Rivers has written some of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the most complex music of his life here, allowing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ for short, poignant, and often strictly composed ▓▌
▓████▓▌ solos to complement the linear, contrapuntal ▓▌
▓████▓▌ structures that these towering compositions are. As ▓▌
▓████▓▌ soloists do give way to one another, it is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ remarkable that the sheer density of hard swing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ provides the center of the maelstrom with such a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ wide emotional and chromatic palette. This is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ spiritual music in the most profound sense in that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ it attempts to breach the gyre between what has ▓▌
▓████▓▌ previously been said ù by Ellington, most notably ù ▓▌
▓████▓▌ what can be said, and the musically unspeakable. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ There is a massive centrifugal force at work in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Rivers compositions here; and it pulls everything ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in, each dynamic stutter, legato phrase, ostinato ▓▌
▓████▓▌ whisper, and alteration in pitch in favor of what ▓▌
▓████▓▌ comes next. The swinging nature of these tunes ▓▌
▓████▓▌ refutes once and for all whether or not avant-garde ▓▌
▓████▓▌ music can be accessible ù -though it's true Sun Ra ▓▌
▓████▓▌ had already done that, but never to this extent. In ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sum, there are harsh moments here to be sure, but ▓▌
▓████▓▌ they are part of a greater and far more diverse ▓▌
▓████▓▌ musical universe, they are shards in the prism of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the deep and burning soul that these six ▓▌
▓████▓▌ compositions offer so freely. Of the many ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recordings Rivers has done, this was the very first ▓▌
▓████▓▌ to showcase the full range of his many gifts. It is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ an underrated masterpiece and among the most ▓▌
▓████▓▌ rewarding and adventurous listening experiences in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the history of jazz. Now that it is available on CD ▓▌
▓████▓▌ with pristine sound, you have no excuse. ▓▌
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