George Russell - The African Game (1983) {Blue Note CDP 7463352 rel 1997}
George Russell - The African Game (1983) {Blue Note CDP 7463352 rel 1997}
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© 1983, 1997 Blue Note | CDP 7 46335 2
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Experimental Big Band / Progressive Jazz
George Russell's The African Game is a major statement, a highly eclectic, nine-part, 45-minute suite for augmented big band that attempts to depict no less than the evolution of the species from the beginning of time to the present from an African perspective. Well, yes, this theme has been taken on by many an ambitious artist in every field, but Russell's work is remarkably successful because it tries to embrace a massive world of sound in open, colorful, young-thinking terms, with degrees of timbral unity and emotion to keep the idioms from flying out of control.
There are traditional big band sounds here, but one is more likely to encounter electronics, African drumming by the five-piece group Olu Bata, atonality, rock, funk, even the sound of electric pencil sharpeners. Ironically, the section with the strongest injections of funk is entitled "The Survival Game (Survival of the Fittest)" – possibly a barbed comment on the mercenary realities of the music business – and "The Mega-Minimalist Age (Style Over Substance: The Decline of the Spirit)" leaves no doubt as to Russell's jaundiced view of commercial pop culture. The recording was made with help of grants from the state of Massachusetts and the NEA at the work's American premiere in a Boston church, and the performance sounds crisp and well-rehearsed. Indeed, this release Russell's first on a U.S. label in 13 years, and was an early sign from the newly revived (as of 1985) Blue Note label that they intended to be a major force in the jazz business again after sporadic patches of activity and neglect.
Personnel
George Russell - conductor, arranger, composer, producer
Marc Rossi, Bruce Barth - keyboards
George Garzone - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Gary Joynes - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Dave Mann - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Janis Steprans - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Brad Jones - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Mike Peipman, Chris Passin, Roy Okutani, Mark Harvey - trumpet
Peter Cirelli, Chip Kaner - trombone
Jeff Marsanskas - bass trombone
Marshall Sealy - french horn
Mark White - guitar
Bob Nieske - acoustic bass
Bill Urmson - fender bass
Keith Copeland - drums
Dave Hagedorn - percussion
Olu Bata, Joe Galeota, Lazaro Perez, Kuto Perez, Amaro Laria, Enrique Cardenas - African drums
Recorded live at Emmanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, June 18, 1983.
Tracks
01 - Event I - Organic Life On Earth Begins
02 - Event II - The Paleolithic Game
03 - Event III - Consciousness
04 - Event IV - The Survival Game
05 - Event V - The Human Sensing Of Unity With Great Nature
06 - Event VI - African Empires
07 - Event VII - Cartesian Man
08 - Event VIII - The Mega-Minimalist Age
09 - Event IX - The Future
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George Russell - The African Game (1983) {Blue Note CDP 7463352 rel 1997}
George Russell - The African Game (1983) {Blue Note CDP 7463352 rel 1997}
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