Where Miles Davis left off in the recording studio just before his death, cornetist Graham Haynes picks up, continuing to explore the controversial marriage between mainstream jazz and hip-hop rhythms. With the swipe of a scratch turntable, John Coltrane's "Transition" is sent reeling into the hip-hop age (who is to say that the ever-curious Coltrane wouldn't be dabbling in hip-hop if he were still alive?), as do a number of Haynes originals. Yet Haynes also has other fusions and revivals on his mind, sometimes reaching back to Miles' nearly forgotten mid-'70s "jungle band" for fuel. "Walidiya" throws Middle Eastern vocals and a sitar into a lengthy, mesmerizing procession, overseen by Haynes' far-off cornet and Steve Williamson's soprano sax. Haynes even successfully revives one of Miles' least-imitated experiments, the wah-wah-pedal trumpet (or in this case, cornet), on "Mars Triangle Jupiter" and "Freestylin.'" -
by Richard S. Ginell, AMGArtist: Graham Haynes
Album: Transition
Year: 1995
Label: The Cross With The Circle
Runtime: 57:00
Tracks:1. Transition (John Coltrane) 8:00
2. South Node Of The Moon In Pisces (Graham Haynes) 5:28
3. Walidiya (Check Tidiane-Seck/A. Anabi) 11:57
4. Mars Triangle Jupiter (Graham Haynes) 7:10
5. Harmonic Convergence (Brandon Ross) 8:36
6. Freestylin' (Graham Haynes) 7:42
7. Facing The East (Bheki Mseleku) 5:06
8. Com Que Voz (L. De Camoes./A. Oulman) 2:59
Personnel:Graham Haynes (Cornet)
Steve Williamson (Saxophone)
Vernon Reid (Guitar)
Jean-Paul Bourelly (Guitar)
Brandon Ross (Guitar)
DJ Logic (Turntables)
Daniel Moreno (Percussion)
Jorge Amorim (Percussion)
Lonnie Plaxico (Bass Guitar)
Fred Alias (Drums)
Marc Lindhal (Samples, Programming)
CheickTidiane-Seck (Keyboards) - 3
Amina Alaoui (Vocals) - 3
Daisy Paradi (Sitar) - 3
Vera Montero (Vocals) - 8
