Dennis González .:. Earth and the Heart (1989)

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Dennis González .:. Earth and the Heart (1989)

Nels Cline (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Devices

Andrew Cyrille Drums

Dennis Gonzalez Piano, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals, Voices

Alex Cline Synthesizer, Percussion, Drums

Ken Filiano Bass (Acoustic)

Mark Hewins Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar

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Is anyone here familiar with this recording? Any comments? I have received numerous recommendations for Dennis Gonzalez' recorded work, along with the Cline brothers. I am very interested in checking them out together and separately.

Cyrille!

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Not familiar with that one, but I do own two other Gonzalez recordings, Namesake and Old Time Revival, both of which I enjoy. I also caught Gonzalez show this past summer at Tonic in NYC with Ellery Eskelin, Mark Helias and Michael Thompson. It was a great set and I hear that Gonzalez is planning to release it in 2004.

I am in no way advertising for another BBS, but Dennis Gonzalez has his own "ask the musicians" thread at Jazz Corner that he is very active on. He is obviously the best source for any additional recordings with the Clines.

[JohnS]

Is this the one that came out on Konnex. It's two different quartets. I had it briefly and didn't care for it but then it's so unlike the Silkhearts, which I love, that maybe it's not surprising. Must be those guitars.

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Thanks John. See, I didn't even know it was two separate quartets. I have never heard the Silkhearts either, so I'm still without a frame of reference. Would you mind going a little deeper into the memory banks if you could?

In the meantime, I'll do some digging on the Silkhearts.

Thanks.

[JohnS]

I think I found "Earth and Heart" bit noisy and unstructured for my taste, whereas the Silkheart discs are within the mainstream, melodic but still adventurous.