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Sabir Mateen: Prophecies Come to Pass
Florence Wetzel, All About Jazz
July 12, 2006
Sabir Mateen: Prophecies Come to Pass Prophecies Come to Pass is the debut recording of Sabir Mateen's compositions by his group The Shapes, Textures, and Sound Ensemble. Recorded live in Brooklyn in September 2005, the CD was edited by Mateen and Swell and mastered under Mateen's direction. It's dedicated to the late great Raphe Malik, who at one time played with the group.
The ensemble is composed of an impressive roster of creative musicians: Mateen on saxophones, flute, and clarinets; Matt Lavelle on trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet; Steve Swell on trombone; Matthew Heyner on bass; and Michael T.A. Thompson on drums and percussion. With musicians this strong, you simply can't go wrong: they have decades of experience under their belts, and they're guided by the venerable Mateen, one of the modern masters of creative music.
The highlights include "Sekasso Blues," a wonderful mix of classic blues imbued with the group's completely modern sensibility. The front line of Mateen, Lavelle and Swell is red-hot here, and the song is a delight of old and new structures playing together freely. "The Beauty Within" is a treat for the ears: Mateen plays strong and lovely flute, and there's a great duet between Heyner and Thompson. "Prophecies Come to Pass," an eighteen-minute epic poem, allows all the musicians to shine as they explore the point of breakdown/breakthrough. The horns are majestic and powerful, often reaching spine-tingling heights, and there are more Heyner and Thompson duets.
What makes this music so compelling is that the musicians are not afraid to explore primal depths of sound and energy. Their commitment and passion is inspiring—no one in this group is living a life of quiet desperation. The music points to life lived fully, with all its questions, struggles and heights.
credits
released June 1, 2006
Sabir Mateen: tenor and alto saxophones, flute, Bb and alto clarinets
Steve Swell: trombone
Matt Lavelle: trumpet, pocket trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet
Matthew Heyner: bass
Michael T.A. Thompson: drums and percussion
All music by Sabir Mateen
Recorded at Zebulon, Brooklyn, New York
Catalogue number 577-7
Sabir Mateen is a musician and composer from Philadelphia who plays primarily in the avant-garde jazz idiom. He
plays tenor and alto saxophone, B♭ and alto clarinet, and flute.
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Maestro Daniel Carter and crew deliver up some tasty, creative music that's perfect for an early afternoon pick-me-up! He's joined by Patrick Holmes, Matthew Putman, Hilliard Greene and Federico Ughi. If you want it in vinyl, hurry up. It's only being pressed in a limited edition of 300 copies! 😎 Rick Mathis