Ravi Coltrane - Blending Times
Friday, February 27, 2009
Ravi Coltrane (ts), Luis Perdomo (p), Drew Gress (b), EJ Strickland (d) with guests Charlie Haden (b) and Brandee Young (hp). Rec. 2008Ravi Coltrane’s development as a musician, under the harsh glare of the world’s jazz media, has been one of measured strides rather than giant steps. Throughout, he has given evidence of consistent artistic growth, at its most apparent with 2005’s In Flux, widely acknowledged as his first mature statement as an artist. He has now moved some distance from that with Blending Times which includes five spontaneously conceived pieces alongside five compositions, including the now mandatory Monk tune.
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