tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post6023104884175461462..comments2024-03-26T01:59:52.206-04:00Comments on Just outside: Brian Olewnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-48413472480281359802007-07-23T11:29:00.000-04:002007-07-23T11:29:00.000-04:00I get the impression that Cooper hasn't been the m...I get the impression that Cooper hasn't been the most reliable person to work with; a little spacey in other words, which may account for the surprisingly little amount he appears on recordings post Revolutionary Ensemble.<BR/><BR/>(I was at a friend's birthday party some 15 years ago and was startled to see Cooper there. Spent about an hour talking with him. Very nice person but, as I said, pretty spaced)<BR/><BR/>I do think his solo albums, "U of P "and "Root Assumptions" are the best such to have emerged from 70s jazz. His "Outer and Interactions" group recording from the late 80s is also very good.Brian Olewnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-73624189835366528472007-07-21T16:02:00.000-04:002007-07-21T16:02:00.000-04:00Jerome Cooper *is* great on this one; at first I a...Jerome Cooper *is* great on this one; at first I assumed it was Altschul until a solo on side 1 sounded less frenetic than usual (not a total slam of BA; it's just that Cooper has existed too much on the sporadic fringes for whatever reason, although releases like <I>Unpredictability of Predictability</I> aren't going to appeal to a large audience or get frequent spins from those who like it, like me). It's also good to hear Holland in a quartet setting since his playing has been somewhat buried in recent releases, imo; not to mention less interesting. In fact side 1 sounds very <I>Conference of the Birds</I>-ish.<BR/><BR/>Listening to side 2 with more experienced (jaded?) ears was the nice surprise of this, although the sax quartet piece is kind of a period piece in terms of what's happened subsequently.Captain Hatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07663784368925841294noreply@blogger.com