I've been on a bit of a jazz bender lately, starting with the re-discovery of a Charlie Parker compilation I found during the re-acquisition of my CD collection. Through this and that I've discovered the groundbreaking works of Ornette Coleman. For those not familiar, his album "Free Jazz" gave its name to an entire sub-genre of jazz. Mr. Coleman would rather call it "Harmalodics". This particular album caught my ear, particularly with "Sound Gravitation", playing violin rather than sax. Through my experience with fretless bass I can appreciate his use of non-notes and microtonal movement. Every space on the fretboard can be used, not just the lines and metal bars that convention has drawn on there. Check it out, it's a hell of a trip.
Tracklist:
1. Good Old Days
2. The Empty Foxhole
3. Sound GRavitation
4. Freeway Express
5. Faithful
6. Zig Zag
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