Second Communion
Jazz
| May 2002
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2002-05-15
Reviewed 2002-05-15
A tribute to Don Cherry, featuring a cover of his "Complete Communion" suite (tracks 2-6). This is fairly straightforward stuff with some interesting composing and the occasional spastic, outside passage, maybe a shade more conservative than what Cherry and Ornette Coleman preached. Varner leads the band on french horn (!). Tony Malaby does a good job on sax, playing more "out" than I've heard from him before (see #8, and #5 sort of)
1- Midtempo
2- Big grand sound, w/the slightly out-of-unison playing that Cherry & Ornette were big on. Gets speeder after the first minute or so.
3- Mid/fast, w/blazing guitar!
4- Mid/fast, Great bop/swing theme
5- Mostly slow; great, richly toned sax solo
6- Midtempo, lots of freedom, ends with fast reprise of #2
7- Mid/fast with some nice group passages
8- Varner's own suite, nice majestic mid/slow sound. Vicious guitar-steeped ending.
9- Slow, murky
10- Fast, march-like
11- Slow
1- Midtempo
2- Big grand sound, w/the slightly out-of-unison playing that Cherry & Ornette were big on. Gets speeder after the first minute or so.
3- Mid/fast, w/blazing guitar!
4- Mid/fast, Great bop/swing theme
5- Mostly slow; great, richly toned sax solo
6- Midtempo, lots of freedom, ends with fast reprise of #2
7- Mid/fast with some nice group passages
8- Varner's own suite, nice majestic mid/slow sound. Vicious guitar-steeped ending.
9- Slow, murky
10- Fast, march-like
11- Slow
Recent airplay
Don's Hymn, Complete Communion [entire suite]
Memory Select — Jul 12, 2002
Cherryco
Memory Select — Jun 21, 2002
Complete Communion
Memory Select — May 24, 2002
Track listing
| 1. | Watts '56 | ||
| 2. | Complete Communion | ||
| 3. | And Now | ||
| 4. | Golden Heart | ||
| 5. | Remembrance (My Folks) | ||
| 6. | Paris Ambulance Song/ ... | ||
| 7. | Cherryco | ||
| 8. | Don's Big View | ||
| 9. | Leaving Malaga | ||
| 10. | Elephantasy | ||
| 11. | Don's Hymn |