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Jeff Coffin: Commonality

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Label: Compass Records
Released: 1999.08.17
Time:
 67:47
Category: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Producer(s): Jeff Coffin
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: jeffcoffin.com
Appears with: Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Dave Matthews Band
Purchase date: 2021
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] First Comes Last (J.Coffin) - 5:16
[2] Salt Lick (J.Coffin) - 4:51
[3] Commonality (J.Coffin) - 9:46   
[4] Espoo You (J.Coffin) - 7:36
[5] Angle Of Repose (J.Coffin) - 10:39
[6] Something Quick (J.Coffin) - 10:42
[7] Outside, The Gray Sky Cries (J.Coffin) - 6:16
[8] Who's Who (J.Coffin) - 7:46
[9] Prayer (J.Coffin) - 4:45

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Jeff Coffin - Alto & Tenor Saxophones, Arrangement, Producer
Tom Giampietro - Drums
Chris Enghauser - Acoustic Bass
Rod McGaha - Trumpet om [2,6-8]

Kevin Augsburg - Engineer
Matt Runningen - Engineer
Chris Milfred - Mastering
Greg Kessler - Photography
Griffin Norman - Design

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1999 CD Compass Records - 7 4278 2

Commonality was the second album released by Jeff Coffin, released in 1999. This album was the first and, so far, only album released by Coffin as a solo artist. His previous album being under the name Jeff Coffin Ensemble and subsequent albums recorded and released by the Jeff Coffin Mu'tet.



If you are searching for the next upcoming original saxophonist in modern jazz, Coffin may be your man. He plays alto and tenor in a manner very reminiscent of a young Sonny Rollins; savvy, brawny, unabashed, and fearless. Four of the nine cuts are with sax-bass-drums, again evoking favorable comparison to the legendary hard bop-edged Rollins-Wilbur Ware-Elvin Jones triad. Trumpeter Rod McGaha is on the other five, and he adds a lot - his saucy Don Cherry-like smeared solos and pungent harmonic lines run in tandem with Coffin, making a formidable team and an arresting sound. The trio takes on some stiff challenges: a moderate New Orleans shuffle ("First Comes Last"), a fanfare intro to head noddin' bluesy swing to free boppin' title track, and a sweet and sour blues ("Espoo You"). The finale is a hymnal reverent "Prayer" with jingle bell threads woven throughout. But "Angle of Response" is a lengthy barnburner, a modal bassline in five and four beats alternately providing the foundation for Coffin to play alto and tenor simultaneously. The following piece, "Something Quick" (another workout at over ten minutes), has the band chewing up everything in its path, a tour de force hard bop epic. Seamless free sections are included here and there, and the ensemble, with bassist Chris Enghauser and drummer Tom Giampietro, keep the music percolating no matter the tempo. Coffin has a tiger by the tail on this extraordinary, highly recommended disc.

Michael G. Nastos , AllMusic
 

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