Tõnu Kaljuste Conductor
Tõnu Kaljuste Conductor
The third Codona album is a sublimely beautiful release. The silent stillness of the exquisite opening to "Goshakabuchi" gives way to seemingly not much more than wisps of vibration in the air, but then Don Cherry's trumpet enters in full cry and Collin Walcott's dulcimer and other stringed things lead into a bracing and exciting section driven by Nana Vasconcelos' various percussive devices. The whole record is kind of like King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic without the wattage and with a little more introspection, and is a joyously stunning last testament for Walcott, who died not long after these recordings were completed.
Release date: 28.02.1983
ECM 1243
1 Goshakabuchi
(Traditional)
10:53
2 Hey Da Ba Doom
(Collin Walcott)
07:11
3 Travel By Night
(Collin Walcott)
05:47
4 Lullaby
(Collin Walcott)
03:32
5 Trayra Boia
(Denise Milan, Nana Vasconcelos)
05:17
6 Clicky Clacky
(Don Cherry)
04:07
7 Inner Organs
(Don Cherry)
09:17