Haven't really done a review in a while so why not this album! I don't really listen to any jazz so take all of this with a grain of salt.
Matana Roberts' Coin Coin series is always one I've found fascinating, though never had the ability to sit through 4 hours of avant garde Jazz. The whole idea of telling a story not even in a whole album, but across multiple albums is so interesting. Unfortunately, Chapter 2 clearly doesn't hold it's weight in comparison to its predecessor, Gens De Couleur ... read more
'Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile' is less structured and diverse than its predecessor, yet it still highlights the incredible talent of Roberts to create perplexing and sonically inventive jazz music.
This lacked a lot of the charisma and 'rawness' that made the first coin coin chapter so fantastic and powerful.
'Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile' is less structured and diverse than its predecessor, yet it still highlights the incredible talent of Roberts to create perplexing and sonically inventive jazz music.
'Mississippi Moonchile' is definitely the installment to get lost in, with the most progressive and soothing tracks.
FAVORITE TRACKS: INVOCATION, RIVER RUBY DUES, AMMA JERUSALEM SCHOOL, RESPONSORY, WAS THE SACRED DAY, THANKS BE YOU, BENEDICTION.
1 | Invocation 4:17 | 50 |
2 | Humility Draws Down Blue 1:35 | |
3 | All Nations 0:08 | |
4 | Twelve Sighed 2:15 | 60 |
5 | Spares of the World 2:29 | 50 |
6 | Secret Covens 1:45 | |
7 | River Ruby Dues 4:21 | 60 |
8 | Confessor Haste 1:25 | |
9 | Amma Jerusalem School 4:11 | 60 |
10 | For This Is 1:04 | |
11 | Responsory 3:50 | 60 |
12 | The Labor of Their Lips 1:49 | |
13 | Was the Sacred Day 4:25 | 70 |
14 | Lesson 3:30 | 40 |
15 | Woman Red Racked 4:28 | 50 |
16 | Thanks Be You 4:25 | 50 |
17 | Humility Draws Down New 0:47 | |
18 | Benediction. 1:59 |
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