Divine Radiance (album)

Divine Radiance
Studio album by
Tisziji Muñoz
Released2003
RecordedOctober 30, 2001
StudioRight Track Recording, New York City
GenreFree jazz
Length1:02:18
LabelAnami Music
FDM 36706
ProducerTisziji Muñoz, Paul Shaffer
Tisziji Muñoz chronology
Shaman-Bala
(2002) 		Divine Radiance
(2003) 		Love at First Sound
(2005)

Divine Radiance is an album by guitarist Tisziji Muñoz. It was recorded on October 30, 2001, at Right Track Recording in New York City, and was released in 2003 by Anami Music. On the album, Muñoz is joined by saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and Ravi Coltrane, keyboardist Paul Shaffer, bassists Cecil McBee and Don Pate, and drummer Rashied Ali. The recording is a response to the events of 9-11.[1][2][3]

In 2003, the band recorded Divine Radiance Live!, released by Anami in 2013.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

In a review for AllMusic, arwulf arwulf wrote: "Muñoz alternately soothes and riles in the grand tradition of ruminative and ecstatically charged free jazz. The title track and 'Initiation by Fire' are particularly tempestuous examples of joyously improvised volcanism."[1]

Writing for JazzTimes, Brian Gilmore called Muñoz's playing "superb," and stated: "Unlike many guitarists today, Munoz's journey and reach is beyond the music of the Americas or the world. Munoz is exploring the universe and the human spirit."[5]

Hank Shteamer of All About Jazz described the album as "an extremely well-played... example of post-Coltrane free jazz that fans of this style will certainly enjoy."[6]

Paris Transatlantic's Nate Dorward commented: "any disc uniting Sanders, McBee and Ali has plenty going for it, and the all-out fury of the 24-minute title-track is worth a taste if you're a fan of so-called 'ecstatic jazz'."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Moment of Truth" – 1:10
  2. "Visiting This Planet - Leaving This Planet" – 16:14
  3. "Initiation by Fire" – 16:16
  4. "Fatherhood" – 4:25
  5. "Divine Radiance" – 24:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c arwulf, arwulf. "Tisziji Muñoz: Divine Radiance". AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Tisziji Muñoz - Divine Radiance". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Pharoah Sanders discography". JazzLists. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Tisziji Muñoz - Divine Radiance Live!". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Gilmore, Brian (October 1, 2003). "Tisziji Munoz: Divine Radiance". JazzTimes. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Shteamer, Hank (July 25, 2003). "Tisziji Munoz: Divine Radiance". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  7. ^ Dorward, Nate (October 2003). "October News 2003". Paris Transatlantic. Retrieved January 12, 2023.