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01. Larry Ochs & Donald Robinson - Arise the Poet
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02. Larry Ochs & Donald Robinson - Yesterday and Tomorrow
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03. Larry Ochs & Donald Robinson - A Civil Right
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04. Larry Ochs & Donald Robinson - The Others Dream
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05. Larry Ochs & Donald Robinson - Regret
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ARTIST
OCHS & DONALD ROBINSON, LARRY
TITLE
A Civil Right
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
ESP-DISK
CATALOG #
ESPDISK 5052CD
ESPDISK 5052CD
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
6/25/2021
Larry Ochs
and
Donald Robinson
's second and definitive recording will be released on legendary free jazz label ESP-Disk'. Ochs is a founding member of the great
ROVA Saxophone Quartet
, one of the Bay Area's avant-garde treasures since 1978. Robinson -- "a percussive dervish", according to Coda -- was the drummer of choice for ROVA's revivification of
John Coltrane
's
Ascension
. The East Bay Express has said of the saxophonist's sound, "
Ochs' full-bodied tenor is out of the John Coltrane/Albert Ayler 'free' tradition: forceful, passionate
," while the Chicago Reader said about the drummer and his relationship with Ochs, "
Robinson is neither flashy nor explosive, but his playing has heft and he covers lots of ground -- he can maintain a feeling of order while playing meter-less rhythms or transform the pulse of jagged post-bop until it's almost abstract. He's a good match for Ochs, and over the decades the two of them have developed a fine-tuned rapport
." Although Ochs and Robinson have collaborated in various groups for more than 20 years -- including in the trio
What We Live
with bassist
Lisle Ellis
-- their duo is a recent phenomenon, having developed over the past couple of years. Ochs says, "Our playing together has evolved to a really special place, I think. We're definitely coming out of the tradition of horn-drum duos from John Coltrane and
Rashied Ali
to
Wadada Leo Smith
and
Billy Higgins
, but we've found our own space after a long stretch of shows together. Our set will include new, original material, with some high-energy playing and things that are more spatial, as well as some homages to more popular music. In a sparse setting like this, the music hits a listener right away -- nothing is obscured, everything is clear." Ochs and Robinson first performed together from 1991 to 1998 in
The Glenn Spearman Double Trio
. From 1994 to 2002, they worked in the trio What We Live. From 2000 until 2010 Robinson was part of the
Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core
featuring drummer
Scott Amendola
, as well as
Satoko Fujii
and
Natsuki Tamura
from 2007 to 2010. Throughout all this time, Ochs and Robinson jammed and rehearsed in Robinson's studio, easily done as they live only 15 minutes apart. Thus it seemed inevitable that they would -- eventually -- create a special repertoire for this duo. Personnel: Larry Ochs - saxophones; Donald Robinson - drums.
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