Celebrated and highly influential alto saxophonist Steve Coleman reenters the progressive jazz context with his cutting-edge Five Elements band. A pur...
Josef Woodard - 11.08.2010
Steve Coleman has been serving up complicated, beguiling musical math for nearly a quarter century, from his early work with the M-Base scene beginnin...
John Garratt - 02.08.2010
Advocate of the M-Base concept and Five Elements bandleader Steve Coleman has remained active over the past ten years, but his activity has largely be...
Kevin Le Gendre - 26.07.2010
Although the Chicago saxophonist has no major label to ensure him front page promo, his return to the world of CD releases after a near four-year hiat...
JON GARELICK - 07.07.2010
Before digging into alto-saxophonist and composer Coleman's new disc, it's probably best to set aside for a moment the allusions to numerology and mys...
John Fordham - 24.06.2010
Remarkably, this is American saxophonist Steve Coleman's first release in four years - and his first for an American company in nine, as he joins the ...
Troy Collins - 02.06.2010
As the founder of the M-Base movement, alto saxophonist Steve Coleman has been at the forefront of advances in jazz composition for 25 years. Culled f...