Joe Lovano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Flying Colors (1997)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Joe Lovano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba Title Flying Colors Length 64:28 Discs: 1 Tracks: 12 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Blue Note Cat. Number 56092 Style Rating Recorded 1997  Comment nic z tego nie chwytam...

Musicians	Credits
Joe Lovano sax tenor, sax soprano, clarinet Gonzalo Rubalcaba piano	Engineer Mark Levinson

Track list

01 Flying Colors 05:52 02 How Deep Is The Ocean 05:53 03 Boss Town 04:18 04 Bird Food 03:30 05 Spontaneous Color 02:15 06 Phantasm 06:21 07 Ugly Beauty 05:19 08 Hot House 05:04 09 Gloria's Step 05:36 10 Mr. Hyde 07:06 11 I Love Music 07:57 12 Along Came Betty 05:17

Notes

AMG Review by Richard S. Ginell (2 1/2): This austere session was inspired by a fluke incident. In 1995, Rubalcaba's Cuban rhythm players were denied visas for a gig at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, and the booker decided to bring in Lovano in their place for four nights of duos. Two years later, they went into the studio together for one day, playing live with only two microphones and no overdubs in hope that lightning might strike again. But it doesn't, for the two don't interact fluidly, and many of the tracks are awkwardly conceived and waywardly developed. Lovano's tone on "straight" tenor sax, soprano sax and alto clarinet sometimes sounds rough, exacerbated by the dry, unresonant sonics, and occasionally he tries to add interest by striking a drum kit and some "gongs" that sound like pot covers. Rubalcaba's world-class technical chops are mostly reined in, with only a few outbreaks of avant-garde temperament, and rhythmically he mostly has nowhere to go. Neither artist, nor their fans, are well-served by this admittedly gutsy gamble.