REVIEW: LOL COXHILL - SPECTRAL SOPRANO

 

LOL COXHILL - SPECTRAL SOPRANO (Emanem Disc, 2002)

Produced by Steve Beresford

Mastered by Dave hunt

Artwork by Monkey Design

Tracks: CDI : 1-Autumn in New York; 2- bad Boy; 3- Strictly legal; 4- Vermilion Sands; 5- Not the North; 6- Three go To letchworth; 7- Embraceable You/Quasimodo; 8- Union Dues; 9- Turned Out Nice Again; 10- Happy Birthday Bob Cobbins; 11- I Thought About You; 12- Aquaslide; 13- Experiments With temperature; 14- Two Out of Three; 15- Messin With the Man;

CD 2: 1- Abrief Introduction To Sax; 2- Magic Buffalo; 3- Uptown Top Ranking; 4- Perdido; 5- Out of Nowhere; 6- Brits Abroad; 7- Tourism in Crisis; 8- Verstehen und Sprechen; 9- Murder In The Air; 10- Sweet Hawaiian Kisses; 11- Victory Walk; 12- C.A.K.; 13- Resonance; 14- Introduction to the Orchestra

Here is Lol Coxhill´s latest offer. This is a compilation of Impriovisations that this great musician did with his sax (his main instrument) and other musical instruments like piano. The music here goes from jazz, to ambient , to sponteneous, to electronic. It is interesting too to see the big quantity of musicians that have worked with Coxhill through all the years helping him to develope differnt sides of his musical personality. The music contained on this two CDs is of esentiall listning for every musician who wants to know something about improvisation. Coxhill can do from hyper fast sax lines to sustained notes, to shrieaking sounds in order to develope the idea that he has in his mind. It is great to see that this superb musician has always a new desire to explore and break boundaries. A must.

Favorite tracks: All. This two CDs show us why this superb musician is a master of experimental and improvisational music.

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