add another halfstar . I am a fan of jazz giant John Coltrane especially on the Impulse
Label era and A Love Supreme (with his astounding quartet; fabulous McCoy Tyner on
piano and the immense Elvin Jones on drums) ranks in my top ten all styles included. What
Aka Moon did on this first album sounds like if this was Coltrane in the 70's (the MAN died in
67) as Fabrizzio Cassol is clearly studying the master and the other are right up there. So
One can think that If Coltrane had not moved into free jazz before his death , he would
have sounded like this (minus the piano) . Even with this Homage to TRANE , this remains a
masterfull piece of cd as this trio is simply flabbergasting in technique and feeling.
What a pleasure to see Aka Moon here ! The great trio never did something as good as
this first effort, even when you count their second rightfully titled "Rebirth" as
they give on this one a new light upon the existing material presented here. Further
developments will see Aka Moon pairing with african percussion, indian percussion or
guitar... Only the context will change, the only way the band found to sound a bit
different everytime. But on this record, inspired by their trip to the Aka Pygmies
territories, the first Aka Moon is to be experienced like a journal into modal
writing and evermoving structures. Rhythm section (Earth) played by Michel "call me
Jaco" Hatzigeorgiou and Stephane "four arms three legs" Galland is both solid and
flexible. Take a listen to their impossible time signatures and you'll get the point.
Fabrizio Cassol (Spirit) and his alto saxophone have an oblique way of printing
melodies in your brain, but once it's done it's too late to escape. If you can stand
hip hop and slam technique, i urge you to discover Greetings from Mercury, another out
jazz band from Belgium with Stephane Galland on drums and Steven Segers on vocals
(son of Guy Segers' Univers Zero).