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Now and Then

Although he first came to prominence on the jazz scene a half century ago, Ornette Coleman still scares people. But his compositions, rooted as they were in classic blues, have long appealed to jazz listeners of every stripe.

Mark Lockettdrums
  • CatalogueMCD 388
  • Released1 Nov 2008
  • Playing time55 minutes 47 seconds

Listen & tracks

1 of 14 tracks have a preview · 10 works · 55:47

  1. 1 Blues Connotation Ornette Coleman 4:05
  2. 2 Mr. Pickles Mark Lockett 6:10
  3. 3 Faces Mark Cohen 5:28
  4. 4 Good day for a dog Mark Lockett 5:57
  5. 5 Peace Horace Silver 5:33
  6. 6 Ramblin' Ornette Coleman 5:24
  7. 7 The Blessing Ornette Coleman 5:42
  8. 8 Trinkle Tinkle Thelonious Monk 7:09
  9. 9 Jayne Ornette Coleman 4:47
  10. 10 Deed-Lee-Yah Mark Cohen 5:32

It is to Mark Lockett's credit that he has chosen four of Ornette's most accessible yet stimulating tunes and included them on this disc.

Melbourne drummer Mark Lockett leads a straight-ahead hard-bop band through Coleman classics alongside pieces by Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, plus originals of his own. The programme favours clear lines and assured solos over free-jazz shock. The Coleman numbers in particular sit closer to the jazz mainstream than their reputation once suggested.

Reviews

Melbourne drummer Mark Lockett favours a straight-ahead hard bop-based sound, and he has a very capable band to work with on Now and Then . . . all provide articulate, assured solos, while Des White (bass) helps Lockett push the band alongside clean, no-frills style. ★★★

— Adrian Jackson, Limelight

Here is an engagingly quirky number from Melbourne drummer Mark Lockett. With a crew of musicians featuring pianist Mark Fitzgibbon, bassist Desmond White, trombonist Shannon Barnett, and Paul Van Ross on tenor sax, he has put together a tribute to Ornette Coleman, the avant-garde alto sax player who so shocked the jazz world in the 1950s with his free-falling harmonies and bouncing rhythms. . . . There are many beautiful moments here. Check out, for instance, Lockett's work on his light little Monk-like number Mr Pickles, which starts with the drums gently leading in, with van Ross and Barnett doubling the tight lines, four bars or even less at a time, and some solid work from White. Or Fitzgibbon's superb attack on Monk's Trinkle Trinkle, his chords and solos way outside and jarring, but swinging hard and streaming with ideas from chromatic runs to blues-inflected flashes. One of the real standouts here is Coleman's Latin-inflected piece Jayne.

— Leon Gettler, The Age - Green Guide

Artists

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Mark Lockett

drums

Drummer Mark Lockett is a tasteful time-keeper who eschews long solos and holds the old, valid notion that a drummer’s function is to make everyone sound great, not to call attention to his own virtuosity.

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Thelonious Monk

composer

Thelonious Monk's compositions sit at the centre of the modern jazz repertoire: angular melodies, dissonant clusters and a percussive piano attack that leaves space for silence and surprise. Standards such as 'Round Midnight, Blue Monk and Epistrophy still sound newly invented.

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Jordan Murray

composer

Jordan Murray is one of Melbourne's first-call trombonists, working across jingles, film scores, early music ensembles, Latin and funk bands, jazz groups and pit orchestras.

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Horace Silver

composer

Horace Silver (1928–2014) was an American jazz pianist and composer who helped define hard bop, writing catchy, groove-led themes drawn from gospel, blues, Latin music and R&B.

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Mark Cohen

composer

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Ornette Coleman

composer

Ornette Coleman's writing drops fixed harmony and chord changes for ensemble improvisation rooted in blues phrasing. Pieces such as Blues Connotation, Ramblin' and Jayne stay open and stimulating, with free-falling lines and bouncing rhythms.

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List price
$25.00 AUD
Total playing time
55 minutes 47 seconds
Release date
Category
Jazz
Genre
Jazz & Improvised
Musical work copyright
© 2008 Mark Lockett
Sound recording copyright
℗ 2008 Mark Lockett
Catalogue
MCD 388
EAN
9314574038828

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