‘A majestic feat in which she blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz, broken beat and dub, resulting in a grand, nuanced record that feels airy and celestial without sacrificing the groove. It’s a deeply personal offering about her trek towards falling back in love with musical composition over the past four years.’
‘As well as pulsating modal workouts (The Seer), there’s real melodic beauty, too, from Set It Free (featuring London-based vocalist and trombonist Richie Seivwright) and We Walk In Gold (featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow) to the ethereal beauty of the instrumental Clarity. Garcia also reveals some lovely arranging touches — the way in which the Chineke! strings and guest vocalist Esperanza Spalding introduce album opener Dawn in free time, while the core trio of Joe Armon-Jones, Daniel Casimir and Sam Jones slowly introduce pulse in a gradual fade in; the dramatic strings-only coda appended to the epic title track; the fabulously rich string pizzicati which drive Water’s Path ever onwards; plus strings and sax ascending together in the all-too-brief Clarity (Outerlude)’ (Jazzwise).
Stone classic BE, recorded live at The Village Vanguard in New York on June 25, 1961. With Scott LaFaro — ten days before his death in a car accident — and Paul Motian.
Their classic, fourth LP, with the mighty I’ll Take You There.
Respect Yourself is here, too; and We The People, co-opted recently by Joe Biden.
With the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns.
His first two, liberating, aching, rawly beautiful LPs: Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman from 1958, and Tomorrow Is the Question! The New Music of Ornette Coleman, from 1959.
With Don Cherry, Walter Norris, bassist Don Payne, Billy Higgins; Don Cherry, Shelly Manne, Percy Heath / Red Mitchell.
A newly-discovered recording of a live performance by the Trio, with Eddie Gómez playing bass and Eliot Zigmund drums, on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can Harry’s, Vancouver, Canada.