muzycy:
Steve Coleman: alto saxophone
Jonathan Finlayson: trumpet
Tim Albright: trombone
Jen Shyu: vocals
Thomas Morgan: bass
Tyshawn Sorey: drums
Marcus Gilmore: drums (5)
Ramon Garcia Perez: percussion (5)

Village Voice Jazz Critics’ Poll Best Records of 2010 - #7

Jazz Times Critics’ Poll Best Records of 2010 - #9

“Undeniably introspective, this is nonetheless music with an extrovert muscularity and stark physicality that would make it hard to ignore in performance. “
BBC

“Filled with cantilevered rhythms, intertwining melodies and oblique harmonies, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities is one of the strongest albums of Coleman’s career and compelling proof of his continued importance in the development of contemporary jazz.”
All About Jazz

“…he has quietly influenced generations of musicians; his ideas, once viewed as offbeat and inaccessible, have become crucial to the music’s contemporary language. Because of this his forthcoming CD, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi), sounds fresh and vital while also of a piece with its time and place.”
Jazz Times


Pi Recordings is proud to welcome the influential alto saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman to the label with Harvesting Semblances and Affinities, his first release on an American label in nine years and his first new release in almost four years. Coleman was the key proponent of M-Base, which has done its part to push modern jazz to ever greater levels of rhythmic and compositional complexity. Many of his early collaborators in that movement, such as Greg Osby, Cassandra Wilson, Geri Allen, Marvin “Smitty” Smith and Robin Eubanks have gone on to great acclaim. His influence can also be found in a whole generation of younger jazz artists, including musicians on Pi like Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Steve Lehman.

Coleman’s music, based on a lifetime of travel and research into the music of the African diaspora – jazz, blues, Cuban, funk, R&B, hip hop, African, Brazilian, along with Indian and Indone.......
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Village Voice Jazz Critics’ Poll Best Records of 2010 - #7

Jazz Times Critics’ Poll Best Records of 2010 - #9

“Undeniably introspective, this is nonetheless music with an extrovert muscularity and stark physicality that would make it hard to ignore in performance. “
BBC

“Filled with cantilevered rhythms, intertwining melodies and oblique harmonies, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities is one of the strongest albums of Coleman’s career and compelling proof of his continued importance in the development of contemporary jazz.”
All About Jazz

“…he has quietly influenced generations of musicians; his ideas, once viewed as offbeat and inaccessible, have become crucial to the music’s contemporary language. Because of this his forthcoming CD, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities (Pi), sounds fresh and vital while also of a piece with its time and place.”
Jazz Times


Pi Recordings is proud to welcome the influential alto saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman to the label with Harvesting Semblances and Affinities, his first release on an American label in nine years and his first new release in almost four years. Coleman was the key proponent of M-Base, which has done its part to push modern jazz to ever greater levels of rhythmic and compositional complexity. Many of his early collaborators in that movement, such as Greg Osby, Cassandra Wilson, Geri Allen, Marvin “Smitty” Smith and Robin Eubanks have gone on to great acclaim. His influence can also be found in a whole generation of younger jazz artists, including musicians on Pi like Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Steve Lehman.

Coleman’s music, based on a lifetime of travel and research into the music of the African diaspora – jazz, blues, Cuban, funk, R&B, hip hop, African, Brazilian, along with Indian and Indone.......
more