Divine Mad Love

	Divine Mad Love
Sabir Mateen alto & tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet John Voigt bass Laurence Cook percussion	1.Glory & Praise to the Most High (6:32) 2.Checking in with Yourself (18:55) 3.Conversation/Lunch before Departure (4:51) 4.Running into the Truth (after Chasing a Lie) (9:57) 5.Illuminations Flute (5:51) 6.Divine Mad Love (8:27) 7.Illuminations Bass (1:25) 8.Illuminations Drums (2:13) 9.WhyDidJaDolt (2:19)
Multi-instrumentalist Mateen (alto, tenor, clarinet, flute) made his recording debut with Horace Tapscott's Pan African People's Arkestra over two decades ago. After years of heavy dues paying, Mateen is now a luminous presence on the American improvised music scene, as part of TEST, the One World Ensemble, Tenor Rising, Sunny Murray's bands, the Raphe Malik Quartet, and other free-blowing enterprises. Laurence Cook and John Voigt forged their concepts in the more recondite seams of the post-Ayler universe: Lowell Davidson, Alan Silva, Bill Dixon. Presently they are part of the Jemeel Moondoc Trio.
"Saxophonist Sabir Mateen emerged on the west coast playing with eminence grise Horace Tapscott, and his grasp of the the traditions has a similar depth and disregard for fashion. He has found his own voice, skippy and playful like Ornette, but also vocalized and ecstatic like the players encouraged by Coltrane. His clarinet is fluid and soulful; his flute intelligent enough to keep airiness at bay. On 'Running in to the Truth After Chasing a Lie,' his alto darts about like a lizard on a wall, finding new cavities that glisten with gems, new harmonic zones to bask in. Voigt and Cook find a universe in Mateen's merge of harmonic exploration and melodic delight." Hi-Fi News & Record Review
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