Vinny Golia Quartet - Take Your Time

Styles: Saxophone Jazz 
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:12
Size: 167,5 MB
Art: Front

( 6:20)  1. That Was for Albert 10
( 7:20)  2. Otolith
(11:18)  3. On The Steel
( 3:15)  4. That Was for Albert 11
( 9:45)  5. Welcome Home
( 8:38)  6. Parambulist
(14:00)  7. A Guy We All Used to Know
(10:31)  8. Even Before This Time

After yesterday's review, here is another great quartet, with Vinny Golia on saxophones, Bobby Bradford on cornet, Ken Filiano on bass and Alex Cline on drums. As I might have written once, Golia is one of those musicians whose playing really opened my ears many years ago, because of his power to be lyrical and emotional while at the same time trying out new things. So I always look out with anticipation for his new projects. Like good wine, this music also has body and substance, while being fluid. All tracks have composed elements without having real themes, but offer structured character as the basis for the band's interaction. Another characteristic is that all four musicians play all the time, with only few exceptions. This adds to the density of the sound and the intensity of the music, which spans the whole range from bop to free jazz. And needless to say, four fantastic musicians. Not a real musical breakthrough, but consistent high quality music. Recommended. http://www.freejazzblog.org/2012/04/vinny-golia-quartet-take-your-time.html

Personnel: Vinny Golia - soprano, alto and tenor saxophone; Bobby Bradford - cornet; Ken Filiano - bass; Alex Cline - drums

Take Your Time

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Vinny Golia - Lineage

Styles: Saxophone, Clarinet Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:47
Size: 164,4 MB
Art: Front

( 7:07)  1. Hello to Mrs. Minifield
( 9:57)  2. Winterset
(13:22)  3. Tenorphonicity
( 7:57)  4. Legends, Logic, Folklore, Fact
( 8:24)  5. Hsaibde
( 7:53)  6. So Close to Where you Live
( 7:42)  7. Pierrot for Al (dedicated to the memory of Al Wiertz)
( 9:20)  8. Caught by Surprise

As the album title suggests, lineage in jazz flows from like minds to the like minded. Vinny Golia’s Nine Winds label, the reservoir of West coast creative music, presents more challenging music than any label releasing modern music today. His quartet heard here includes long time collaborators Ken Filiano (bass) and Alex Cline (drums), plus the legendary trumpeter and veteran of Ornette Coleman and John Carter’s bands, Bobby Bradford. Golia on tenor & baritone saxophones and Bb & bass clarinets leads the pianoless quartet through eight original compositions too sober to be Ornette knock-offs. The lineage referred to here comes directly through John Carter. The quartet keeps its emotions checked but lets lyricism flow throughout the set. Bradford, the replacement for Don Cherry in Ornette’s band, plays with the folksiness of Cherry, but doesn’t display his brittle nature. Perhaps this is the format best suited to display Vinny Golia’s immense talent. With a familiar rhythm section and a sympathetic horn to trade off, Golia finds his voice. His sound dares comparisons to Anthony Braxton, but I’ll place Golia alongside Marty Ehrlich for imagination and creative compositions. The quartet plays at a relaxed organized groove, outside enough to please adventurous fans, yet composed enough for casual listening.~ Mark Corroto https://www.allaboutjazz.com/lineage-vinny-golia-nine-winds-records-review-by-mark-corroto.php

Personnel: Vinny Golia - Tenor & Baritone Saxophones, Bb & Bass Clarinet; Bobby Bradford - Trumpet;  Ken Filiano - Bass ; Alex Cline - Drums.

Lineage

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