Chris Cody Coalition

Chris Cody Coalition: Oasis

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 1999

Multicultural. Oasis is a jazz voyage through Traditional Western, Eastern, Middle Eastern, and African motifs and rhythms played by Australians, Chileans, Europeans. The leader, Australian-born Chris Cody, has assembled eight original originals and a single standard (a boozy Monk's Mood) for his first outing on Naxos Jazz. It is ultimately an interesting and entertaining recording.

The Middle East. “El Bahdja", “Oasis", and “After the Storm" all contain hypnotic Middle Eastern figures over which Cody and his merry band paint their ...