Mad 6

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Mad 6
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Studio album by
Ravi Coltrane
Released2002
Label Eighty-Eights/Columbia [1]
Producer Yasohachi Itoh
Ravi Coltrane chronology
From the Round Box
(2000)		Mad 6
(2002)		 In Flux
(2005)

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]

Contents

Production

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 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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Birmingham Post Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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" 

References

  1. ↑ "Ravi Coltrane". NPR.
  2. ↑ "Ravi Coltrane Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Giddins, Gary (August 27, 2004). Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-530449-7 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "SATCHMO SUMMERFEST". LAGNIAPPE. The Times-Picayune. August 1, 2003. p. 24.
  5. ↑ Graybow, Steven (April 19, 2003). "Jazz notes". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 16. p. 13.
  6. 1 2 "Ravi Coltrane - Mad 6". Uncut. May 31, 2003.
  7. ↑ Weideman, Paul (April 4, 2003). "RAVI COLTRANE SPEAKS WITH A VOICE OF HIS OWN". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. P24.
  8. ↑ "Jazz scion makes his own way". Albuquerque Journal. April 4, 2003. p. 18.
  9. ↑ Crowder, Marcus (July 27, 2003). "Recent releases". The Sacramento Bee. p. TK11.
  10. ↑ Donahue, Mark (April 18, 2003). "Ravi Coltrane 'Mad 6'". Time Out!. Daily Herald. Arlington Heights. Associated Press. p. 9.
  11. ↑ "My favourite number? It's Eighty-Eight's". Winnipeg Free Press. May 5, 2003.
  12. 1 2 Bacon, Peter (June 7, 2003). "Ravi Coltrane – Mad 6". Birmingham Post. p. 52.
  13. ↑ Varga, George (April 11, 2003). "Coltrane's son makes his own sweet music". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. E5.
  14. ↑ Simon, Jeff (May 2, 2003). "Jazz". The Buffalo News. p. G12.
  15. ↑ Cordle, Owen (June 8, 2003). "On The Record – Jazz". The News & Observer. p. G2.
  16. 1 2 "Ravi Coltrane - Mad 6 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  17. ↑ Ephland, John (November 2003). "Mad 6". DownBeat. 70 (11): 68.
  18. ↑ The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin Books Ltd. 2008. p. 293.
  19. ↑ Chinen, Nate (August 24, 2024). "Ravi Coltrane: Mad 6". JazzTimes.
  20. ↑ Byrnes, Sholto (April 20, 2003). "Ravi Coltrane Mad 6". Features. The Independent. p. 15.
  21. ↑ Miller, Mark (May 8, 2003). "JAZZ". The Globe and Mail. p. R3.
  22. ↑ Miller, Mark (December 6, 2003). "It's a wrap!". The Globe and Mail. p. R1.
  23. ↑ McNally, Owen (May 29, 2003). "MAD SIX Ravi Coltrane". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 6.
  24. ↑ Walters, John L. (July 4, 2003). "And what about Ravi Coltrane's Mad 6...". Guardian Friday Pages. The Guardian. p. 21.
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