Joachim Kühn – Melodic Ornette Coleman – Piano Works XIII (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Joachim Kühn – Melodic Ornette Coleman – Piano Works XIII (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:30 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © ACT Music

Reportedly, Ornette Coleman did not have a great affinity for pianists, but it was the instrument—rather than the musicians—that put Coleman off. As an innovator in free jazz, Coleman found the chordal instrument too intrusive and preferred a more sympathetic bass/soloist interaction. Coleman did record with pianists Geri Allen and Paul Bley, but he established a regular touring schedule of duo performances with Joachim Kuhn. Coleman and Kühn only recorded together on Colors: Live from Leipzig (Verve, 1997). That outing saw the two artists take the decidedly idiosyncratic approach of working in separate spaces and only occasionally crossing paths. The German pianist now pays solo tribute to Coleman on Melodic Ornette Coleman: Piano Works XIII.

As pianist Joachim Kühn mentions in the album’s sleeve notes, he gave sixteen concerts with the great saxophonist Ornette Coleman between 1995 and 2000. “Before each concert, Ornette wrote ten new songs, which we would work out and record in his Harmolodic studio in Harlem for a week. Since he wanted me to supply the chords (sounds) for his melodies, I was directly involved in the composition process. After the concert, these pieces were never played again. Now I am the only one who has all the recordings and the sheet music of the 170 pieces. So now, after about twenty years, I have reassembled and recorded them for solo piano. Apart from Lonely Woman, none of these pieces were ever released by Ornette Coleman.” This fascinating collection helped Kühn author a high-class solo album. At 75 years old, he has added some of the free-jazz diktats to his repertoire and is now armed with a rather broad range of shades. He approaches this aptly titled Melodic Ornette Colemanwithout disrupting the narrative or melodic weave. And because this is Joachim Kühn, the improvisations are anything but plain. In his most melancholic moments, the German pianist still unveils harrowing facets of his musical personality. Superb!  – Marc Zisman

Tracklist:

1. Joachim Kühn – Lonely Woman (Rambling) (Rambling) (04:46)
2. Joachim Kühn – Lost Thoughts (03:28)
3. Joachim Kühn – Immoriscible Most Capable of Being (04:20)
4. Joachim Kühn – Songworld (05:25)
5. Joachim Kühn – Physical Chemistry (03:38)
6. Joachim Kühn – Tears That Cry (03:33)
7. Joachim Kühn – Aggregate and Bound Together (02:28)
8. Joachim Kühn – Hidden Knowledge (03:31)
9. Joachim Kühn – Love Is Not Generous, Sex Belongs to Woman (02:36)
10. Joachim Kühn – She and He Is Who Fenn Love (02:09)
11. Joachim Kühn – Somewhere (02:51)
12. Joachim Kühn – Food Stamps on the Moon (02:22)
13. Joachim Kühn – Lonely Woman (Ballad) (Ballad) (04:57)
14. Joachim Kühn – The End of the World (07:18)

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