Jazz CD of the month: Joshua Redman/Ron Miles/Scott Colley/Brian Blade: Still Dreaming review
(Nonesuch) In 2009, after his unforgettable Meltdown performance, a multi-generational Royal Festival Hall crowd queued long after the last encore to shake the 79-year-old Ornette Coleman’s hand. The self-taught Texas saxophonist’s music without regular song chords or orthodox pitch had been ridiculed in his early career, but his faith in it proved emphatically justified.Today, three years after Coleman’s death, a trenchantly personal tribute is being paid by one of the 21st...
Guardian Music — (Nonesuch) In 2009, after his unforgettable Meltdown performance, a multi-generational Royal Festival Hall crowd queued long after the last encore to shake the 79-year-ol... more info