Rene Ford

Rene Ford: Unsentimental

by Jon Opstad
October 16, 2004

The Innova web site describes this recording as sounding like what a collaboration between Sun Ra, John Coltrane and beat poet Ted Joans might have turned out like. At least in terms of Ford's tenor playing, Gato Barbieri is probably a better comparison than Coltrane. This is especially evident on “Playing With Fire," where the overall approach is similar to Barbieri's early '70s work, such as Fenix or El Pampero, with the polyrhythmic percussion laying a firm rhythmic base over ...