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Seraphic Light, Saxophone Summit’s new CD, is dedicated to their former member, the late Michael Brecker, replaced by Ravi Coltrane, and focusses on the beautiful spiritual ballads of Ravi’s father, John Coltrane’s later period.

The CD is also marked by the recent death of one of the group’s spiritual leaders and inspirations, Alice Coltrane. Original members Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman are joined by a rhythm section and trumpeter Randy Brecker for this heartfelt exploration of the latter legacy of jazz’s most spiritual searcher. Coltrane’s compositions Cosmos, Seraphic Light, and Expression are augmented by pieces by the band members in the same spirit.

Playlist

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Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)

1423
CD Cut 2 - 'The Thirteenth Floor'
Ravi Coltrane
Jowcol Music BMI
Telarc CD 83673 ( in Australia through Fuse Music Group: www.fusemusic.com.au
Worldwide: wwww.telarc.com )
Saxophone Summit (Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Ravi Coltrane - 'Seraphic Light'
5:20
(Joe Lovano's alto clarinet plays repeating figure while Dave Liebman plays flutes and Ravi Coltrane plays tenor sax, eventually simul-soloing with Cecil McBee's double bass and Billy Hart's drums overlapping in 9 and six beat cycles)

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1430
CD Cut 10 - 'Bagui's Soundscape'
Bagui Bouga
Riverboat UK Music MCPS
Tugboat TUG CD 1048 ( In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
Worldwide, & info: www.worldmusic.net )
Etran Finatawa - 'Desert Crossroads'
Fades to 1:33
((Bagui Bouga approaches the microphone playing a double reed instrument called the doodandou, used to drive livestock across the savannahs. He then speaks some herding calls before fading into the distance)

Segue

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CD Cut 9 - 'Seraphic Light'
John Coltrane, arr by Dave Liebman
Jowcol Music (BMI)
Telarc CD 83673 ( in Australia through Fuse Music Group: www.fusemusic.com.au
Worldwide: wwww.telarc.com )
Saxophone Summit (Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Ravi Coltrane - 'Seraphic Light'
11:10
(Coltrane late period devotional music featuring Ravi Coltrane and Dave Liebman's tenor saxes and Joe Lovano's aulochrome - a double soprano saxophone and soloing by Billy Hart on drums and Phil Markowitz on piano)

1444
CD Cut 2 - 'Travelling Fast'
Pat Metheny
Pat-Meth Music BMI
Nonesuch 467580-2 ( if issued in Australia, through Warner Music: www.warnermusic.com.au
worldwide: www.nonesuch.com )
Pat Metheny w/Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez - 'Tokyo Day Trip Live'
11:30
(Up Samba with country touches from Pat's electric guitar, and the propulsion, virtuosity and invention of Antonio Sanchez' drums and Christian McBride's double bass)

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CD Cut 7 - 'Our Daily Bread'
Joe Lovano
Lovo Music BMI
Telarc CD 83673 ( in Australia through Fuse Music Group: www.fusemusic.com.au
Worldwide: wwww.telarc.com )
Three minute excerpt
(Joe's light-toned tenor sax, Dave Liebman's C flute and Ravi Coltrane's soprano sax take turns and intertwine on this piece, reminiscent of Coltrane's classic quartet, with solos by Lovano and pianist Phil Markowitz )

Presenter

Lucky Oceans

Producer

Lucky Oceans