Stephen Haynes - Pomegranate (2015)

New Atlantis Records: NA-CD-015
http://www.newatlantisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pomegranate
http://firehouse12.com/events.asp?id=146171&seriesid=1111
http://www.stephenhaynes.blogspot.com/2013/02/pomegranate-new-music-for-bill-dixon.html
http://www.stephenhaynes.blogspot.com/2013/02/pomegranate-chapter-two.html



* Stephen Haynes : cornets
* Joe Morris : guitar
* Ben Stapp : tuba
* William Parker : contrabass violin, sintir, bass shakuhachi
* Warren Smith : drums, percussion, marimba

http://www.stephenhaynes.blogspot.com/
http://www.joe-morris.com/
http://www.benstapp.com/
http://www.musicofwilliamparker.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Smith_%28jazz_percussionist%29

Recorded on March 15 & 16, 2013 at Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT (Connecticut),
Studio (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6) & Live (tracks 3 & 4).

Recorded and mastered by Nick Lloyd.

Photography by Rob Miller.

This project is a dedication to Bill Dixon: Teacher, Colleague and Friend.

Produced by Stephen Haynes.

Reviews

By Eyal Hareuveni and Stef Gijssels
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/10/stephen-haynes-pomegranate-new-atlantis.html

[...]

Pomegranate is developed as suite. It opens with the slow “Sillage” where
Parker's dark bowed bass envelops the investigative, contemplative dynamics. It
is followed by the African-tinged “Mangui Fii Reek (I am Still Here)”, where
the unique telepathic understanding between Haynes and Morris shines, both
continuing each other ideas even before they are fully formed. Later on the
title piece Haynes and Parker share a dense, conversational interplay,
beautifully intuitive and open-ended, shifting fast between moods and
colors. The 17-minutes “Becoming” is a communal meditation on sounds and
shifting dynamics, even Gamelan-sounding ones. The group returns to an African
dance mode on “Crepuscular”, anchored by Parker and Smith hypnotic pulse. Only
on the closing “Odysseus (Lashed to the Mast)” the accumulated energy of the
group explodes with fast, fiery playing of all, transforming sounds into a
means of release and freedom.

Highly recommended.

[...]

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By Clifford Allen
http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD51/PoD51MoreMoments4.html

By Derek Taylor
http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/124839056521/stephen-haynes-pomegranate-new-atlantis

By S. Victor Aaron
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2015/06/13/stephen-haynes-pomegranate-2015/

By Richard B. Kamins
http://www.steptempest.blogspot.com/2015/06/pomegranate-up-front.html

Da Elfio Nicolosi (it)
http://www.traccedijazz.it/index.php/new-album/25-nuove-uscite-straniere/1308-stephen-haynes-pomegranate