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Rating: Engraved in 1986, "Romance and Revolution" contains 5 tracks that summarize the modernity of jazz. In this CD, there is a serene reinterpretation of authors like Ornette Coleman and Charlie Mingus.
The endeavor is supported by a perfect instrumental execution, excellent arrangements, and composition. Taking the inventiveness of Mingus and Coleman, flutist Newton presents himself as a manager of a particular poetics. A tribute to the double bassist and a long jazz suite.
It is intriguing, if only because in the jazz scene, the flute instrument is quite peculiar and the results, Newton's expertise, are at times spectacular. The dimension of the object transcends the results. Taking the flute, Newton extracts new sounds, and acts as the manipulator, a reviser of hard bop illustrating the stylistic concept of post-free sound.
The sound is at times essential, and the interventions of the cello, trombones, vibraphone, or Geri Allen's pianism do not distort the natural line of the suites. In this communion of worlds from Mingus and Coleman, "Romance and Revolution" acts as an "open space".
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