mikeweil Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 ... on Rhombus Records. Has any one heard and can recommend this? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 What's the line-up?? Great cover!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryan Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 What's the line-up?? Great cover!!!! Wickedly, awesome cover! I'd be interested in getting this. Probably w/his trio, I'm guessing. I'd love to hear that group live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Sound samples are on the label's website. There is a mouthwatering review on Amazon.com: Any release by Sam Rivers is a cause for celebration., June 12, 2004 Reviewer: Douglas T Martin (Alpharetta, GA USA) "Celebration" is the title of the latest release by the Sam Rivers Trio, consisting of master musician Sam Rivers, bassist & bass clarinetist Doug Matthews and drummer, pianist & saxophonist Anthony Cole. This 2004 Posi-Tone release was recorded before an audience during a two night stint at the Jazz Bakery (Culver City, CA) in 2003. I saw Sam Rivers sitting in with the Jason Moran Trio not long after the recording of "Celebration" and Rivers was playing sax with the vigor of a man half (or even a third) his age. But as remarkable as Rivers was that night, it's with his own trio that he is at his best. Each member of the Sam Rivers Trio is fluent on multiple instruments which makes for a broad canvas for Rivers to paint his compositions. The music is pure Rivers - abstract and angular, sometimes funky and sometimes swinging. Traditional avant-garde, maybe. A particular highlight for me is the song "Glimpse" with Rivers on piano, backed by bass and drums: starting off with spikey solo piano it grows into a Cecil Taylor-esque torrent of notes and drumbeats, then breaks into a beautiful melody built around McCoy Tyner-type block chords backed by a intensely-swinging rhythm section. To my knowledge, "Celebration" is the third Trio recording - the previous two being "Concept" and "Firestorm". "Concept" and "Firestorm", also captured live, are great recordings but may be surpassed by "Celebration" if only for the reason that the musical interplay between Rivers, Matthews and Cole has grown over time and the results are more evident on "Celebration". As an example of how cohesive a unit the Sam Rivers Trio has become, they seem to have found a second calling as a support band, backing up Steve Bernstein on his "Diaspora Blues" and David Manson on his "Fluid Motion" recording. In a day when most jazz recordings consist of a bankable 'star' + guests, a recording with such a road-tested, musically-telepathic band is cause for real celebration. Sam Rivers: Tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, paino. Doug Matthes: Bass violin, 6-string electric bass, bass clarinet. Anthony Cole: Drums, piano, tenor saxophone. Total time: 76:45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMX Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Sound samples are on the label's website. There is a mouthwatering review on Amazon.com: Hey! That's MY review! And like I said, the song Glimpse just rocks my shit. Of course Amazon won't let you use the phrase "rocks my shit" so I had to pretty it up a little bit. Celebration is the best representation of the SRT, but don't discount Firestorm or Concept. They're all worth picking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted November 6, 2004 Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 I have Celebration and I think its one of the best releases of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2004 Sound samples are on the label's website. There is a mouthwatering review on Amazon.com: Hey! That's MY review! I wish there were more in-depth reviews of this caliber at Amazon! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Wow, I was at one of those shows. It was great, and I'm happy that it was recorded (which I didn't know at the time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dorward Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 I wish there were more in-depth reviews of this caliber at Amazon! Thanks! Actually there are lots of good reviewers there--take a look at Greg Taylor, Samuel Chell, autonomeous & weirdears for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 I was at one of the Bakery shows as well. It's a good disc (even great perhaps), but for me the disc suffers from my having experienced the show live. The recording simply doesn't capture the live experience for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Just picked this up ... 18 years later 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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