Mad 6 | ||||
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Released | 2002 | |||
Label | Eighty-Eights/Columbia[1] | |||
Producer | Yasohachi Itoh | |||
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Mad 6 is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2002.[2][3] Coltrane supported the album by playing the 2003 Satchmo SummerFest.[4]
Produced by Yasohachi Itoh, the album was recorded over two days in May 2002 in New York City.[5][6][7] Coltrane wrote four of the album's tracks.[8] He split the album between two sets of musicians.[9] The renowned drummer Steve Hass is the only quartet member who played on every Mad 6 track; Darryl Hall played bass and George Colligan played piano on some tracks.[10][11][12] "26-2" and "Fifth House" are covers of songs by Coltrane's father.[13] "Ask Me Now" is a cover of the Thelonious Monk song.[14] Other songs are by Jimmy Heath and Charles Mingus.[15]
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JazzTimes called the album "a taut and satisfying outing in the progressive-mainstream vein ... Coltrane's ensemble delivers one forward-thrusting performance after another."[19] The Independent deemed Coltrane "polished, sophisticated, and ever so slightly bland."[20]
The Globe and Mail labeled Coltrane's saxophone solos "smart and stylish at every turn"; the paper later listed Mad 6 among the best albums of 2003.[21][22] The Hartford Courant considered Coltrane "a solid, expressive player, whether he's digging into original compositions or building on harmonic structures."[23] The Guardian stated that Hass added "a post-techno intensity to every beat."[24]
AllMusic wrote that "the tense, brisk arrangement of ''Round Midnight' suggests the hustle and bustle of Manhattan nightlife at that hour, with a tense rhythm behind his furious soprano sax."[16]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "26-2" | |
2. | "Ginger Bread Boy" | |
3. | "Avignon" | |
4. | "The Mad 6" | |
5. | "Self Portrait in Three Colors" | |
6. | "Between Lines" | |
7. | "'Round Midnight" | |
8. | "The Return of Olymbus" | |
9. | "Ask Me Now" | |
10. | "Fifth House" |