Cloud Dance

Artist: Collin Walcott
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042282546920
EAN: 0042282546920
ASIN: B0000075Y1

Release Date: 2001-07-17

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Tracks:

Margueritte
Prancing
Night Glider
Scimitar
Vadana
Eastern Song
Padma
Cloud Dance

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Customer Reviews:

good album but took time to like it as a whole.......2005-10-14

i heard song #2 "Prancing" on Walcotts compilation called "Works" and i loved it so much i had to get this album, But in 94 it wasnt availible in the USA (took 6 months to get it from Japan). Was it worth it? yes

At first i was sad that the whole album wasnt the same fast and minimal Drum and Bass groove I was expecting (like prancing), but later i started really enjoying the Gateway trios work mixed with Walcotts Eastern percussion/sitar. Sadly Collin died in 84 and how i wish his work could have continued.

i recomend this album over the others for its groove. I tried Codona, it was not to my liking at all. Its the combo of Gateways groove (Dejohnette, Holland and Abercrombie) and walcotts eastern contribution that made this album so amazing to me. You should probably check out the "Gateway" albums if you end up loving this album

Walcott and the Getway.......2001-08-01

This is one of the great records of Manfred Eicher's ECM company. Walcott cut this groove right after Dejohnette, Holland and Abercrombie finished the first Getway album (another landmark of creative music and bullsblood jazzrock). I guess the guys kept riding the enlightened wave. The scitar sound transforms the solid rhythm session into a delightful flight through space and time. My favorite tunes: Margueritte, Scimitar, Eastern Song and Cloud Dance.

Walcott and the Getway.......2001-08-01

Transcendant night-time music........1999-10-29

Simply put, each time this disc plays, it reveals something new to the listener. The meditative mood is ripped by the slicing of Abercrombie's guitar on Scimitar, but other than that, one floats through the atmosphere, somewhere between Manhattan and the Himalayan foothills, wrapped in the warm tones of this veteran group.

Exquisite Exploration of East/West Sounds.......1999-06-21

This is one of the gems of the ECM catalog, and a must own for any fan of Oregon, Walcott's other work, or the incredible band on this CD: John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette. Walcott's sitar and Abercrombie's fluid, singing guitar dance and exchange ideas over one of the greatest rhythm sections in jazz. This isn't an airy fairy "world beat" record -- it's tight, lyrical, reflective music from four masters at the peak of their careers. It's a shame the late Walcott didn't record three more albums with this band. "Margueritte" and the title track are two of the most poignant melodies I know. Any fan of honest, exploratory, moody jazz should check this out.

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