Blending Times

Blending Times
Studio album by
Ravi Coltrane
ReleasedJanuary 2009
RecordedAugust 14, 2006 – September 17, 2007
GenreJazz
Post-bop[1]
Length56:27
LabelSavoy Records
ProducerRavi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane chronology
In Flux
(2005) 		Blending Times
(2009) 		Spirit Fiction
(2012)

Blending Times is Ravi Coltrane's fifth album as a band leader, and second for Savoy Records.

Five of the tracks on this album are group improvisations "conceived and directed by Ravi Coltrane[2]" that don't follow a standard time signature or preset measures lengths, reminiscent of free jazz popularized by Ornette Coleman.[3]

The album's final track, "For Turiya", is a eulogy for Alice Coltrane, Ravi's mother, the wife of John Coltrane and a musician in her own right, who died during the album's recording.[4]

Blending Times reached 36 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart,[5] his second time making the chart.

Track listing

All compositions by Ravi Coltrane, except where noted

  1. "Shine" (Luis Perdomo) – 5:49
  2. "First Circuit" – 3:45
  3. "A Still Life" – 6:17
  4. "Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk) – 7:48
  5. "Amalgams" – 4:18
  6. "Narcined" – 4:49
  7. "One Wheeler Will" (Ralph Alessi) – 7:31
  8. "The Last Circuit" – 4:18
  9. "Before With After" – 2:49
  10. "For Turiya" (Charlie Haden) – 9:03

Personnel

Musicians
Technicians, producing, & others
  • Brian Dozoretz - engineer
  • Steve Genewick – mixing
  • Jimmy Katz - photography
  • Joe Marciano – engineer
  • Anna M. Sala - associate producer
  • Joshua Sherman - executive producer
  • Allan Tucker – mastering

Recording notes

  • Tracks 2,4,5,8: recorded at Bennett's Studio, Engelwood, NJ, August 14 & 15, 2006
  • Track 3: recorded at Systems II, Brooklyn, NY, February 27, 2007
  • Tracks 1,6,7,9: recorded at Bennett's Studio, Engelwood, NJ, August 20–22, 2007
  • Track 10: recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, September 17, 2007
  • Mixed at Capitol Studios, May, 2008
  • Mastered at TuckerSound, NYC, September, 2008

References

  1. ^ "Blending Times - Ravi Coltrane - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Jazz Reviews: Blending TimesRavi Coltrane - By Chris Kelsey — Jazz Articles". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ^ Thom Jurek. "Ravi Coltrane - Biography - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Critics' Choice - New CD's - Ravi Coltrane - Review - NYTimes.com". Query.nytimes.com. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Ravi Coltrane". Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.