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Big Chief Dreaming
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by Tchicai, Fewell, and Tracanna
Sales Rank: 805653
Price:$16.32
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Listener Reviews & Comments
And then I remember that it is a Soul Note release and they are somewhat hard to get in the United States (of Occassionally Willful Ignorance). There is no real star here as well. John Tchicai was probably most famous as a 60s firebrand of free jazz who helped to found such groups as the New York Contemporary Five. He has mellowed over the years but is still an intelligent and searching player of both the tenor sax and the bass clarinet. Garrison Fewell (I am sad to admit) was new to me. He apparently studied with the likes of Pat Martino and Lenny Breu. He plays in a straight-ahead, classical toned style. He is superb comper and solos to good effect (especially on Yogi in Disguise). Tino Tracanna is known (in Europe) for his sophisticated composing and playing. He can play in any format and is lyrical even for an Italian (that is a compliment, by the way). Paolino Dalla Porta graces the pages of Amazon only for his work with Stefano Battaglia. His own CD, "Esperanto" should be how he is known. I would recommend it over this CD. He is the possessor of an unusally large double bass and an even bigger sound. He solos only on Simplicity. Let us just say he makes good use of it. Finally, Massimo Manzi, is a great Italian studio drummer on too many CDs to mention. He has worked before with Tracanna and with Dalla Porta. The three leads share the compositional duties and most of the solo space. The music here seems to me to be a sort of contemporary version of Tristano. Chromatic Cool. There are some stand outs (Simplicity, X-Ray Vision and Yogi In Disguise among others) but nothing that strikes me as likely to enter the tradition. Another way to put it is that these compositions almost seem if they were written before Ornette Coleman came on to the scene. But the problem for me may be the performances. Everybody seems so relaxed (or maybe so determined not to grab the spotlight in a collective effort) that no one really grabs my attention and makes it urgent for me to listen to them. Tracanna is the best of the lot especially on the soprano. But I have heard him play better on his own CDs. So for me, for now, this is a good CD, one that I will listen to sometimes but not frequently. Perhaps, on future listening, I will hear more. Or perhaps, someone else will review it and reveal to me what I am missing. For now, I suggest that you seek out Dalla Porta's Esperanto or Tracanna's "292" also on the Splasc(h) label. As always, write me if you have trouble finding them.
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Big Chief Dreaming
by Tchicai, Fewell, and Tracanna
Price:$16.32
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