Kidd Jordan, Palm of Soul - 54m 51s

Tracks & Durations

1. Peppermint Falls	0:58
2. Forever	8:24
3. Living Peace	14:57
4. Unity Call	10:21
5. So Often	2:22
6. Resolution	5:42
7. Last Of The Chicken Wings	12:01

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Review

New Orleans tenor saxophone legend Kidd Jordan's annual treks north to perform late-night sets with Windy City tenor legend Fred Anderson during the run of the Chicago Jazz Festival have become an institution. Though Anderson isn't featured on Palm of Soul, recorded in Brooklyn a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina destroyed Jordan's home, two of the mainstays of those afterfest gigs, Chicago drummer Hamid Drakeand New York bassist William Parker, are. "We're used to playing together," says Jordan, who not only thrives on their company on this spiritually charged session, he also thrives on the wider open spaces he has to work in. The spirit of John Coltrane hovers over the incantatory passages and charged, repeating phrases, and the ghost of Albert Ayler is detected in the squalls that climax "Living Peace" after nearly 15 minutes of loping reflection. But with the remarkable Drake also playing frame drums and tablas in conjunction with Parker's African guimbri and gongs, there is an elemental strength and elegant sense of control to this music that give it a quality all its own. --Lloyd Sachs"Other than it being wicked strong, there's no telling what Kidd Jordan will blow next." - NEW YORK PRESS

"Jordan launches his solos by building them layer by dynamic layer. [He ignites] the atmosphere with an overwhelming abundance of innovation and musicality." - ONE FINAL NOTE

"William Parker and Hamid Drake are the best rhythm section in jazz right now." -ALTERNATIVE PRESS

For some time, AUM Fidelity has wanted to produce an album featuring legendary New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan with fellow master musicians William Parker and Hamid Drake. Finally, everything came together last summer - and then Hurricane Katrina hit. A week later, when AUM finally reached Jordan by phone and asked if he would still be able to make the session, he said, "Yeah man, let's do it!". Kidd Jordan is the patriarch of one of New Orleans' three principal contemporary families of music (along with the Marsalis' and the Nevilles). A partial list of artists he has performed with over the last 40+ years includes Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra Arkestra, Ellis Marsalis, The Temptations, and Cecil Taylor. Palm of Soul presents three master musicians in intimate musical conversation at the highest levels, rendering songs and trance pieces that elicit the full gamut of emotions. A major, utterly distinct, and distinguished album, this is most definitely foreground music.

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