Search - Frank Wright :: Uhuru Na Umoja (Reis) (Dig)

Overlooked Free Jazz Recording

directions | Space Time Foam | 01/15/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album came with recommendations, high recommendations from a list of free jazz classics by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. I've heard several recordings by Frank Wright, an essential free jazz artist and the mid point between John Coltrane, and Charles Gayle and David S. Ware and this is my favorite out of all of them. That is because the line up provides (relatively) more structure. Frank Wright's playing is extremely free but stays closer to the realm of free jazz, rather than free improv. with the back up of Art Taylor who played mostly on classic hard bop recordings as well as Noah Howard whose style is closer to post bop. With them and pianist Bobby Few, Uhuru Na Umoja, an album(albeit extremely short)of creative free jazz work outs is grounded in certain melodic aspects which enhance it. This is probably the place to start with Frank Wright and now as well since this is a limited edition cd."