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COLIN WALCOTT ~ CLOUD DANCE ECM 1062 (Barcode: 602517799295) ~ USA ~ Jazz-World Fusion Recorded: 1975Released: 2008 This wonderful and by now Classic album by US sitar / tabla player Colin WalcottFind albums by this artist, founding member of the legendary OregonFind albums by this artist and CodonaFind albums by this artist ensembles, was recorded in the company of the excellent trio led by guitarist John AbercrombieFind albums by this artist with bassist Dave HollandFind albums by this artist and drummer Jack DeJohnetteFind albums by this artist, which recorded the "GatewayFind albums with this title" album at the same period. A veteran pioneer of Jazz-World Fusion, Walcott redefined the genre with this recording, expanding the borders of improvisation and inter-genre fusion well beyond anything previously encountered. His tragic death in a car accident during the European tour of Oregon cut his incredible career short, which makes this recording even more important, if such thing is possible at all. Of the eight compositions present on this album Walcott composed five and co-composed two more with Abercrombie; the remaining one was composed by Holland, who plays some incredible bass on this album. In retrospect this remains to be one of the best early ECMFind albums on this label releases, which deserves to be heard by every serious Jazz-World Fusion connoisseur. Brilliant stuff!
