I've been mesmerized by this haunting album ever since I picked it up. I was familiar with Cohen only by name from reading it in DownBeat magazine, but now I'm a fan. It almost plays as if late '60s Miles Davis recorded an characteristically esoteric, atmospheric album for ECM in the late '70s. I find it to be contemplative, melancholy, and somber. Late night headphones preferred.
Cohen - trumpet
Bill McHenry - tenor saxophone
Yonathan Avishai - piano
Eric Revis - double bass
Naheet Waits - drums
Reviews/ratings:
- DownBeat (★★★★): "well calibrated, poetic and straight from the heart."
- Between Sound And Space: "the results hark back to the golden age of ECM in both texture and mood."
- The Guardian (★★★★★): "The breadth of jazz references will make this irresistible for fans, but it’s beautiful contemporary music for just about anyone."
- JazzTimes: "beautiful, elegiac"
- All About Jazz - Mark Sullivan (★★★★): "It's beautiful music regardless, and clearly has a unity earned by the the consistent spirit in the composing as well as the spontaneous approach that the group took to this performance."
- All About Jazz - Karl Ackermann (★★★★★): "an extraordinary project on every level."
Tracks: While I enjoy the whole album top-to-bottom, my favorite tracks upon today's listening are Life And Death and Quiescence.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None
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