Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres Matana Roberts Artist
2008, EAN: 0666561007911
Chicago-born, New York-based alto saxophonist and composer {|Matana Roberts|} made waves with her debut, {|The Chicago Project|}, in 2008, and earlier this year with her {|Live in London|… Plus…
Chicago-born, New York-based alto saxophonist and composer {|Matana Roberts|} made waves with her debut, {|The Chicago Project|}, in 2008, and earlier this year with her {|Live in London|} set issued by {|Barry Adamson|}'s {|Central Control|} imprint. {|Coin Coin Chapter One: Les Gens de Couleur Libres|} on {|Constellation|}, is the opening salvo in a projected 12-part musical statement, and stands apart in her catalog. The large 16-piece ensemble was recorded in a Montreal studio live in front of a small audience. {|Roberts|} plays various reeds and vocalizes; she is accompanied by a stellar cast of musicians playing everything from horns and strings to electric looped guitars to a musical saw. The album is conceptual and dramatic -- yet stridently self-controlled -- a new chapter in the book of vanguard jazz. Her album employs family stories through the narrator's tales of a distant relative (alternately a physical presence and a ghost) named Coin Coin (a.k.a. Marie Therese Metoyer a freed slave from the 18th century who founded her own community along Louisiana's Can River; a giant figure in African American history), she portrays strong black female archetypes throughout history, around which she constructs her own myths (of interwoven facts and fictions). {|Roberts|} understands implicitly the power of restraint in these compositions, though free improvisation as a dialogue is also imperative. The wailing saxophone that commences the album on Rise is a clarion call answered by a piano responding and conversing for nearly two-and-a-half minutes before a muted trumpet and strings enter. The rhythm section begins haltingly, becoming more urgent as the piece progresses, creating a pole between piano and bass as horns flit in and out, up and around the strings; hints of melodies assert themselves fleetingly and disappear quickly. Pov Piti begins with the piano and droning strings before a vocalist utters a primal wave of wordless expression that builds to a crescendo before {|Roberts|}' alto enters, playing repetitive, haunting lines in a bluesy tone; she is answered by strings, horns, and other voices before she begins to vocally narrate. These pieces serve as an introduction for this ensemble's journey through a labyrinthine past. It's provocative, uncompromising, and quite moving emotionally. The completely sung, near-gospel call and response of Libation for Mr. Brown: Bid Em In.... introduces the beautiful responsorial Lulla/Bye, where {|Roberts|}' alto, strings, and piano highlight gorgeous females singing a near spiritual before it gives way to the urgent free playing that alternates dynamically in I Am. The set closes with How Much Would You Cost, wherein the question is asked literally and upfront in a deceptively simple, almost nursery-rhymed song that underlines the preciousness of human life, which is all the more powerful for its unassuming and unwavering directness. It is illumined only by a hypnotic bassline and ends this gorgeous, singular performance. {|Roberts|} is in her own league as an improviser, a composer, and conceptualist. Given the success of this album, she creates great anticipation for the next installment in her project. ~ Thom Jurek Music>Music>Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl, Alternative Dis. Alliance Core >3<
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