Exploring the Future

Exploring the Future Artist: Curtis Counce
Label: Boplicity Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 029667010726
EAN: 0029667010726
ASIN: B000006UCP


Release Date: 2004-12-23

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Tracks:

  1. So Nice
  2. Angel Eyes
  3. Into the Orbit
  4. Move
  5. Race for Space
  6. Someone to Watch over Me
  7. Exploring the Future
  8. Countdown
  9. Foreplay [#][*]
  10. Move [Unedited Version of Master]
  11. Countdown [Unedited Version of Master]

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Precious and few........2002-03-27

The fourth and final album by this remarkable group whose moment, though brief, is a Joycean epiphany among the countless moments recorded by the same instrumentation of trumpet and tenor sax plus rhythmn section. The difference was in the buoyant sound, inspired note choices, and propulsive swing of bassist Counce and in the vibrant tone and superior melodic logic of tenor saxophonist Land.

This album suffers somewhat from comparison to the previous three sessions by the group. First, there is some distracting distortion, especially in the recording of the trumpet; second, pianist Elmo Hope. though adequate, is but a shadow of his predecessor, the sublime Carl Perkins. The latter's rich, romantic concept was a key ingredient in the group's chemistry, serving as a lyric complement to Land's lean and linear style.

The attention-getting title of the album and the accompanying photos of Counce in space suit and helmut (!) should dispell any sentimental recollections of this period as being much more hospitable to creative music than the present.

A solid but unremarkable album, this is worth owning if you're a Counce or Land fan (and once again Frank Butler demonstrates why he may have been the most underrated, if not best, drummer in the history of jazz). Come to think of it, if you're not a Land fan, you will be after hearing him on this album. The man's playing is simply awesome, remaining inexhaustibly fresh after many hearings.

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  2. Sarala ~ Hank Jones & Cheick-Tidiane Seck
  3. By Request ~ Leslie Drayton
  4. Reunion With Jon Hendricks ~ Larry Vuckovich
  5. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Vol. 2: 1943 ~ Duke Ellington
  6. Good Kitty ~ Briggan Krauss
  7. Live at 147 ~ Matthew Fries, Gregory Ryan, Vinson Valega
  8. Steppin' Up ~ Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff
  9. April Sessions
  10. Coast to Coast ~ Red Holloway

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