| | CD Review of Saxophone Summit - Gathering of Spirits on Telarc @ jazzreview.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | For one thing, it involves the gathering of some of the leading saxophonists of their generation for a loosely structured exchange as Lovano and Brecker received permission from their labels for the collaboration, without which we would have been significantly the poorer. |
 | | And then the gathering of spirits concludes with the freest and least structured track of all, the saxophonists’ overtones and assertions resolving into a melody of definite Coltrane influence, as it is repeated in steps before the resulting rousing three-part harmony leads into concomitant improvisations, connected harmonically though stating simultaneous by varying lines of thought. |
 | | Kudos to Telarc for releasing a superb, influential and memorable recording that synergistically transcends the tools of music, notes and rhythm, as the musicians were transported beyond mere melody and harmony into shared spiritual fulfillment that few recordings offer. |
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