Now! (Other Dimensions In Music album) explained

Now!
Type:studio
Artist:Other Dimensions in Music
Cover:Now_ODIM_Cover.jpeg
Released:1998
Recorded:March 19, 1997
Studio:Sound On Sound, New York
Genre:Jazz
Length:73:29
Label:AUM Fidelity
Producer:Other Dimensions In Music, Steven Joerg
Chronology:Other Dimensions In Music
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Now! is the second album by the free jazz collective quartet Other Dimensions in Music, composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. It was recorded in studio in 1997 and released on the AUM Fidelity label. The music of the quartet is fully improvised.[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Tom Schulte states: "Fascinating and richly woven, Now! is a classic mosaic of the current state of the N.Y.C. free jazz scene."The JazzTimes review by Bill Milkowski thought that "ODIM is onto a group dynamic that is thoughtful, full of nuance and passion, sometimes provocative, sometimes poignant but never predictable."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Other Dimensions In Music

  1. "For the Glass Tear / After Evening's Orange" - 33:00
  2. "Tears for the Boy Wonder (For Winston Marsalis)" - 5:26
  3. "Blue Expanded"- 12:16
  4. "Whispers & Cries of Change (For Departed Musical Warriors)" - 6:04
  5. "Dawm"- 8:23
  6. "Steve's Festive Visions Revisited" - 8:20

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aumfidelity.com/aum006.html Now!
  2. http://jazztimes.com/articles/10333-now-other-dimensions-in-music/ Now! review