DeJohnette/Coltrane/Garrison: Movement review – decisive energies of a jazz marvel

(ECM) Former Miles Davis and current Keith Jarrett drummer Jack DeJohnette’s decisive energies and musicality make him, at 73, one of the marvels of contemporary jazz. This trio joins him with John Coltrane’s saxophonist son Ravi, and bass guitarist Matthew Garrison, son of Coltrane Sr’s quartet bassist Jimmy Garrison. Classic covers include the Coltrane civil rights hymn Alabama and the dreamy Kind of Blue ballad Blue in Green, but this is a thoroughly contemporary set in i...

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