Blending Times
| Blending Times | ||||
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| Released | January 2009 | |||
| Recorded | August 14, 2006 – September 17, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Jazz Post-bop[1] | |||
| Length | 56:27 | |||
| Label | Savoy Records | |||
| Producer | Ravi Coltrane | |||
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Blending Times is Ravi Coltrane's fifth album as a band leader, and second for Savoy Records.
Five of the tracks on this album are group improvisations "conceived and directed by Ravi Coltrane[2]" that don't follow a standard time signature or preset measures lengths, reminiscent of free jazz popularized by Ornette Coleman.[3]
The album's final track, "For Turiya", is a eulogy for Alice Coltrane, Ravi's mother, the wife of John Coltrane and a musician in her own right, who died during the album's recording.[4]
Blending Times reached 36 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart,[5] his second time making the chart.
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Ravi Coltrane, except where noted
- "Shine" (Luis Perdomo) – 5:49
- "First Circuit" – 3:45
- "A Still Life" – 6:17
- "Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk) – 7:48
- "Amalgams" – 4:18
- "Narcined" – 4:49
- "One Wheeler Will" (Ralph Alessi) – 7:31
- "The Last Circuit" – 4:18
- "Before With After" – 2:49
- "For Turiya" (Charlie Haden) – 9:03
Personnel[edit]
- Musicians
- Ravi Coltrane – direction, production, tenor saxophone
- Drew Gress – double bass
- Charlie Haden – double bass, guest artist
- Luis Perdomo – piano
- Brandee Younger - harp, guest artist
- Technicians, producing, & others
- Brian Dozoretz - engineer
- Steve Genewick – mixing
- Jimmy Katz - photography
- Joe Marciano – engineer
- Anna M. Sala - associate producer
- Joshua Sherman - executive producer
- Allan Tucker – mastering
Recording notes[edit]
- Tracks 2,4,5,8: recorded at Bennett's Studio, Engelwood, NJ, August 14 & 15, 2006
- Track 3: recorded at Systems II, Brooklyn, NY, February 27, 2007
- Tracks 1,6,7,9: recorded at Bennett's Studio, Engelwood, NJ, August 20–22, 2007
- Track 10: recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, September 17, 2007
- Mixed at Capitol Studios, May, 2008
- Mastered at TuckerSound, NYC, September, 2008
References[edit]
- ^ "Blending Times - Ravi Coltrane - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Jazz Reviews: Blending TimesRavi Coltrane - By Chris Kelsey — Jazz Articles". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ Thom Jurek. "Ravi Coltrane - Biography - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Critics' Choice - New CD's - Ravi Coltrane - Review - NYTimes.com". Query.nytimes.com. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Ravi Coltrane". Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
