Steve Coleman and Five Elements - PolyTropos, Of Many Turns (2024)

Steve Coleman and Five Elements
PolyTropos / Of Many Turns
2024 - Pi Recordings: PI105
https://www.pirecordings.com/albums/polytropos-of-many-turns/
https://www.pirecordings.com/product/polytropos-of-many-turns/
https://stevecoleman.bandcamp.com/album/polytropos-of-many-turns

* Steve Coleman : alto saxophone
* Jonathan Finlayson: trumpet
* Rich Brown : bass
* Sean Rickman : drums

https://www.m-base.com/
https://www.jonathanfinlayson.com/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rich-brown-mn0002486918
https://www.therickrocks.com/

Disc 1
recorded live by Sylvain Pierre-Justin, assisted by Bernat Lloret,
at New Morning, Paris, France, on March 12, 2024.

Disc 2
recorded live by Guillaume Champion, assisted by Guillaume Presle,
at Salle des fêtes de Voiron, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France,
on March 16, 2024.

Reviews
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By Ted Panken
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/steve-colemans-complicated-soul

PolyTropos/Of Many Turns — the title for Steve Coleman’s latest recording on Pi
and his 33rd album overall — aptly describes the vertiginous erudition of the
music contained therein. It documents two concerts, one in Paris, one in
Villon, recorded four days apart during a March 2024 tour by the most recent
iteration of Five Elements, his primary unit since 1981.

Each is a virtuoso endeavor, brainy and primal, impeccably tight and alive,
extending modern vernaculars with a clear historical scope. Following Coleman’s
long-standing performance practice, the band assembles the music in real time,
aggregating small rhythmic units that whirl through interlocking cycles into
cohesive collective declamations. [...]

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By Don Phipps
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2025/02/steve-coleman-and-five-elements.html

By Troy Dostert
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/polytropos-of-many-turns-steve-coleman-and-five-elements-pi-recordings

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/steve-coleman-polytropos-of-many-turns-album-review

By Jim Hynes
https://www.makingascene.org/steve-coleman-and-five-elements-polytropos-of-many-turns/

mat. wydawcy (pl)
https://www.jazzarium.pl/aktualnosci/steve-coleman-five-elements-polytropoi-many-turns

Por Rockaxis (es)
https://www.rockaxis.com/chile/noticia/44173/steve-coleman-/