Last Option

Last Option Artist: 8 Bold Souls
Label: Thrill Jockey
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 790377007121
EAN: 0790377007121
ASIN: B00004LCBV


Release Date: 2000-02-15

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  5. Best Jazz of 2000
  6. Avant Jazz Essentials

Tracks:

  1. Odyssey
  2. Third One Smiles
  3. Last Option
  4. Art of Tea, The
  5. Pachinko
  6. Gang of Four
  7. Brown Town

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars get the name right.......2004-09-17

First, let me inform everyone that the cd is titled Last Option, not Last Opinion. This is one of my favorite cds, probably the favourite little big band cd I own. The harmonies and interplay are from something 40 or 50 years ago but the sounds and melodies are very much in the present. The music often gets close to the edge without ever going completely over it, like that ride in the water park that my kids insist going on but I don't trust.

5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......2000-05-11

I just got this CD a few days ago and I am thoroughly impressed with the playing throughout. Every tune is artfully arranged and played. Check out Bowdon's solo on the first track. There are no weak links in the group. Brown Town is particularly inspiring, it's a perfect blend of humor and seriousness. Wilkerson's playing on that tune is great (is that a little bit of Albert Ayler I hear?). I heard the band live at the Ravinia Festival a few years ago and was blown away. They ended with Brown Town. I had high expectations when I bought the album and it didn't disappoint. Enjoy.

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