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Tim O'Dell & Tatsu Aoki: Ancient Pines
by Jerry D'Souza
Much of the music on Ancient Pines was improvised, which turns out to be just fine for the agile minds of Tim O'Dell and Tatsu Aoki. Both have the ability to pick up a thread and unravel it in distinct patterns, a craft that is stimulated by the empathy they share. O'Dell is an open, lyrical player who can unfurl a wide range of ideas at a dizzying pace. Aoki, as he has shown over the vast range of his ...
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by James Nichols
Saxophonist Tim O’Dell’s Before My Life takes the listener on an odyssey through most of the jazz styles of the past 40 years. An exploratory album, Tim O’Dell still finds an easy cohesion despite juxtaposing so many raw elements.
From the opening Id," (an oblation to Filles De Kilimanjaro era Miles Davis) O’Dell moves into freer territory ultimately ending in a trombone and saxophone duet called simply Etude". The hypnotic Free by twelve," however, provides the highlight of the album. ...
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