| Mad 6 | ||||
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Label | Eighty-Eights/Columbia [1] | |||
| Producer | Yasohachi Itoh | |||
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Mad 6 is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2002. [2] [3] Coltrane supported the album by playing the 2003 Satchmo SummerFest. [4]
Produced by Yasohachi Itoh, the album was recorded over two days in May 2002 in New York City. [5] [6] [7] Coltrane wrote four of the album's tracks. [8] He split the album between two sets of musicians. [9] The renowned drummer Steve Hass is the only quartet member who played on every Mad 6 track; Darryl Hall played bass and George Colligan played piano on some tracks. [10] [11] [12] "26-2" and "Fifth House" are covers of songs by Coltrane's father. [13] "Ask Me Now" is a cover of the Thelonious Monk song. [14] Other songs are by Jimmy Heath and Charles Mingus. [15]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [16] |
| Birmingham Post | [12] |
| DownBeat | [17] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [18] |
| Uncut | [6] |
JazzTimes called the album "a taut and satisfying outing in the progressive-mainstream vein ... Coltrane's ensemble delivers one forward-thrusting performance after another." [19] The Independent deemed Coltrane "polished, sophisticated, and ever so slightly bland." [20]
The Globe and Mail labeled Coltrane's saxophone solos "smart and stylish at every turn"; the paper later listed Mad 6 among the best albums of 2003. [21] [22] The Hartford Courant considered Coltrane "a solid, expressive player, whether he's digging into original compositions or building on harmonic structures." [23] The Guardian stated that Hass added "a post-techno intensity to every beat." [24]
AllMusic wrote that "the tense, brisk arrangement of ''Round Midnight' suggests the hustle and bustle of Manhattan nightlife at that hour, with a tense rhythm behind his furious soprano sax." [16]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "26-2" | |
| 2. | "Ginger Bread Boy" | |
| 3. | "Avignon" | |
| 4. | "The Mad 6" | |
| 5. | "Self Portrait in Three Colors" | |
| 6. | "Between Lines" | |
| 7. | "'Round Midnight" | |
| 8. | "The Return of Olymbus" | |
| 9. | "Ask Me Now" | |
| 10. | "Fifth House" |
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