7 January 2009

Reggie Workman Quartet - Live Cambridge Ma 1986


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Reggie Workman Quartet
Cambridge – Mass. (USA)
Charlie´s Tap
1986.04.18 – April 18, 1986

Reggie Workman b, leader
Joseph Jarman as
Marilyn Crispell p
Andrew Cyrille dr

1) 10:28 Conversation
2) 10:25 Synapsis II
3) 09:50 5432
4) 12:25 Oshoon´s Ardor
5) 06:51 Visitation
6) 08:53 One South
7) 25:27 Dear Lord/After the Rain/Wise One/ Coltrane Time
8) 03:48 Chant n.c.


This seemed a bit of a curiosity when I picked it up off dime some time ago. Workman, Crispell and Cyrille had played and recorded together on a number of previous occasions, but the quartet that Reggis led at the time comprised these three plus Oliver Lake. The inclusion of Joseph Jarman, to me anyway, seemed a little odd (though I believe he had made a recording with Crispell). Jarman's style of play, least what I've heard of him, seemed a little alien to this type of quartet. Maybe he was just standing in for Oliver Lake, I can only guess.

Much of this concert is Coltraneish. Track 6 sounds like a tune that either Eric Dolphy or Jackie Maclean recorded. I can't make my mind whether or not Jarman is entirely comfortable playing this sort of stuff. On track 4, the bells, whistles, gongs and flutes come out, which is more like the familiar AEC material on which he surpasses.

This is an audience recording. Listenable but not brilliant sound quality, with a bit of microphone rustle here and there. Also the excellent Ms Crispell soldiers on gamely with an out-of-tune piano, that bane of a pianist's life. All in all, the quality will not be enhanced by a flac version so I'll just post mp3.

8 comments:

Boromir said...

MP3 link

http://rapidshare.com/files/180091882/Reggie.rar

serviceton said...

Boromir, thanks.
These players are all quite wonderful
Faskin-ating
involving..
this is good

SOTISE said...

A STUNNING CONCERT, great stuff by one of the great groups of the day!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the reminder about this great musician..he tends to slip "under my radar" ..i love the Trio Three recordings and am currently enjoying Images on M&A which I haven't listened to in years.

Anonymous said...

PLEASE POST/Upload ' Altered Spaces' another indispensable tour de force by the GIANT Mr. Workman.

David said...

repost possible please? Thanks!

mew23 said...

Re-up

francisco santos said...

COOL!...