Word: ramblin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost forget what the question was. Ask him about the comparisons his music has drawn to Bob Dylan's, and he replies, "I never really identified with him as a person... His art and music, they're undeniable, but... I'm probably more influenced by Leonard Cohen and Ramblin' Jack Elliott and other folk people than Dylan. I guess to me he is so realized in himself, he's a cul-de-sac... He did what he did and achieved what he did so fully...there's no real point to retread...
Being able to trace Coleman's amazing, groundbreaking rise in the jazz world is the most satisfying aspect of this set. The beatuiful intricacies of "Ramblin" and the startlingly solos on "Free Jazz" are perfectly transferred, guaranteeing a strong result, for this collection can not be critisized on musical grounds...
Well, almost never. Hit tunes from late in his career like Those Lazy-Hazy- Crazy Days of Summer and Ramblin' Rose stretched his credentials pretty thin and are nowhere to be found on Mosaic. Neither are such excellent songs as Mona Lisa, a 1950 smash that was also the first Cole side to have no trio inflection whatsoever. The Mosaic set is for jazz fans, not nostalgists, and at $270 it is not an impulse purchase. (It is available only by mail or phone order from Mosaic...