on 3/16/03 5:41 PM, Chris Selvig at selvig@earthlink.net wrote:
coming to "Ascension" as a fan of Naked City and Borbetomagus was less shattering than I'm sure it was for fans of "Giant Steps," or "A Love Supreme,"
true. the opposite side of the coin is that those post-quartet records were even more hotly debated than dave douglas seems to be of late. but they seem to have found their way into the lexicon in such a way that GIANT STEPS or even A LOVE SUPREME never could. the achievement is just too different. GIANT STEPS is an extreme technical watershed. ALS is more a conceptual watershed. ASCENSION is more like a willfull breakaway from the head-solos-head accomplishments Trane accomplished earlier in his career. I think the fact that it was Trane making the statement carried at least as much weight as the music, through sheer force of personality. -- skip h http://www.skipheller.com