ROVA: Orkestrova - Electric Ascension
SKU
21-ALP 159
Back in print after many years of unavailability.
"Massive & intense in-studio interpretation of John Coltrane's masterwork, Ascension - as performed by an all-star ensemble featuring The Rova Saxophone Quartet, Nels Cline (Wilco & more), guitar legend Fred Frith, Ikue Mori (formerly of No New York stars DNA), turntable wizard Otomo Yoshihide, plus other stellar guests."
“Coltrane’s Ascension belongs right up there in the pantheon of multi-recorded masterworks. Since this is only the second recording by someone other than Coltrane, there’s plenty of room for it and more. We decided to record it because we could, and because we had a very heavy line-up of "free-jazz" players who we thought could handle the large ensemble improvisations. But somewhere in the middle of the performance, as I was standing onstage in a state of reverie listening, I looked up at the sky and thanked my lucky stars for the experience that I was then taking part in. I realized that this composition- so unassuming on paper, was in fact a master form."-Larry Ochs
- LabelAtavistic
- UPC735286115925