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| 1. | Attila 02 (Dawning Ritual)
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| 2. | Beba
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| 3. | Clouds
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| 4. | 060706-2319 (Middle of Water)
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| 5. | Flos Ut Rosa Floruit
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| 6. | Attila 04 (Closing Ritual)
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| 7. | Vernal Equinox 040320-0149 (Initiation)
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Jazz
Jen Shyu Vocals
Jonathan Finlayson Trumpet
Marcus Gilmore Drums
Ramon Garcia Perez Percussion
Steve Coleman Sax (Alto)
Thomas Morgan Bass
Tim Albright Trombone
Tyshawn Sorey Drums
Harvesting Semblances and Affinities heralds alto saxophonist/composer Steve Coleman s return to recording. His releases over the last nine years have been on hard-to-find European labels, hardly befitting one of the most important figures in American music of the last 25 years. The release features his band Five Elements, many of whom have worked with Coleman for years, as well as the astonishing vocals of Jen Shyu. Completely defying the traditional role of jazz singing, Shyu s voice is treated as another horn, getting right into the mix with incredible incisiveness and articulation.
Pi Recordings is proud to welcome the influential alto saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman to the label with Harvesting Semblances and Affinities, his first release on an American label in nine years and his first new release in almost four years. Coleman was the key proponent of M-Base, which has done its part to push modern jazz to ever greater levels of rhythmic and compositional complexity. Many of his early collaborators in that movement, such as Greg Osby, Cassandra Wilson, Geri Allen, Marvin “Smitty” Smith and Robin Eubanks have gone on to great acclaim. His influence can also be found in a whole generation of younger jazz artists, including musicians on Pi like Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Steve Lehman.
Coleman's music, based on a lifetime of travel and research into the music of the African diaspora - jazz, blues, Cuban, funk, R&B, hip hop, African, Brazilian, along with Indian and Indonesian - defy easy definition. Much of his work is distinguished by its complex, constantly shifting rhythms that convey a fundamental sense of groove. This effect is not just carried out by the rhythm section; it is also found in the intertwining horns lines that weave a pattern of contrapuntal polyphony. Coleman's compositions are made up of many layers, all constantly mutating, coming and going without simple resolution.
All of the compositions on Harvesting Semblances and Affinities are originals, except for Flos Ut Rosa Floruit, with a medieval Latin spiritual text, which was composed by the renowned Danish composer Per Nørgard. Some of the material is inspired by the work of Ramon Llull, a Majorcan mystical philosopher who worked with combinations of symbols representing universal truths, based on intuitive insight and observation of nature. Like Llull, Coleman is a true polymath, and his music has long been influenced by his study of physics, astronomy, numerology and patterns found in nature. He had been working on a musical version of this approach for some time, but was able to further develop this concept during his month-long curatorial residency in 2006 at The Stone, the New York performance space. The music on this release is the direct result of those explorations.
Harvesting Semblances and Affinities features Coleman's band Five Elements, a shifting group of musicians, many of whom have worked with Coleman for years. The band features Coleman on alto sax, Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Tim Albright on trombone, Thomas Morgan on bass, Tyshawn Sorey on drums and Jen Shyu on vocals. Completely defying the traditional role of jazz singing, Coleman puts Shyu's voice right into the front-line mix, demanding the rhythmic incisiveness and tonal clarity of a horn. Her vocals - with its precise and beautifully nuanced articulation - bring an emotional element to this complex and cutting-edge music while pushing the possibilities of jazz singing into new territory.
Steve Coleman
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Sep 20, 1956 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Free Funk, Jazz Instrument, M-Base, Post-Bop, Saxophone Jazz
M-Base founder, composer, and alto saxophonist Steve Coleman hails from Chicago. His earliest years were spent playing in R&B and funk bands in emulation of his first hero, Maceo Parker. Coleman had heard all the greats in his hometown and changed his focus from R&B to jazz precipitating his move to New York. He gigged with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis big band, followed by Sam Rivers' All-Star Orchestra and, eventually, Cecil Taylor's big-band project. He began working with other leaders as well: David Murray, Abbey Lincoln, Michael Brecker. But Coleman was restless; he began listening to other music, particularly that of West Africa (he later traveled to Ghana to study). His music evolved and he continued to play side gigs, honing his sound and compositions -- he has a totally original alto tone -- by playing in the street. Coleman's first band, the Five Elements, would be formed of street cats, including Graham Haynes. The band came up with the M-Base concept in 1985 ("macro-basic array of spontaneous extemporization") and signed with the European JMT label. Others in the M-Base crew include Gary Thomas, Geri Allen, Greg Osby, Robin Eubanks, and Cassandra Wilson. Coleman developed complex musical theories about integrating the rhythms of funk, soul, world music, and jazz. He eventually signed with BMG and started three other bands, Mystic Rhythm Society, Metrics, and Council of Balance. He was also a member of Dave Holland's quartet for a time and has continued to play and record with his three groups as well as other artists, both M-Base and not. In addition to issuing over 20 records under his own name, he is a sought-after producer. Steve Coleman is a renaissance man for the left wing of jazz.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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