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Tineke Postma: The Traveller
ByIn particular, The Traveller finds Allen in brilliant formswinging hard, turning static harmony inside out, departing into lyrical abstraction on "Searching and Finding" and bringing an unusual clarity of touch to the Fender Rhodes on the oblique minor blues "The Eye of the Mind." Colley and Carrington are solidly matched, their interaction nowhere more vivid than during the otherwise subdued bass solo breakdown on the 7/8 tune "Motivation."
Determined to give equal weight to her alto and soprano work, Postma overdubs both horns on the opening "Song for F" and the funk-oriented closer "YWC" (short for "yes we can"), creating a call-and-response dynamic with herself. Early on in "The Eye of the Mind" she laces her sound with echo, in a possible nod to Jane Ira Bloom. On three tracks she adds wordless vocals by Anne Chris, who stays out of the way while giving some extra heft to the melody lines.
Quite unlike Postma's 2007 release,
Track Listing
Song for F; The Eye of the Mind; Crazy Stuff; The Line; Adagio 13; Cabbonal; Motivation; Searching and Finding; YWC.
Personnel
Tineke Postma
saxophone, altoTineke Postma: sax; Geri Allen: piano; Scott Colley: bass; Terri Lyne Carrington: drums.
Album information
Title: The Traveller | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Self Produced
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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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