Matana Roberts

Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile

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

This lacked a lot of the charisma and 'rawness' that made the first coin coin chapter so fantastic and powerful.

Not really sure if Avant-Garde jazz is what I would call this. It kind of feels like gospel music with some jazz intermissions. Not really my thing, but it is worth a listen.

Matana Roberts continues her Coin Coin series after the well acomplished and intriguing first chapter, that made a distinct and vivid reference to the slavery years of black people in America. In Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile, the structure is really different, without the usual individual track album-style that was shown on the first chapter, making the whole experience sound like a big experimental jazz suite. Unfortunately, the whole idea is prejudiced for the lack of ... read more