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Title: the pope's choir
Review: trying to sell this recording to listeners of joe lovano, michael brecker, and james carter, the 3 guest tenors, is preaching to the choir. sorry to say, as far as i know, this is my first time hearing of odean pope. so odean pope is one more jazz musician playing great tenor overlooked by me, a tenor fan of many years. his strength here is his arrangements and selections, both of material and musicians. 9 horns, not counting guests, labeled accurately saxophone choir, resonate harmoniously in the ellington tradition, brecker and lovano at their best, brecker on 2 tracks; one of them, coltrane time, is a heavy blowing session with odean pope. unfortunately, things fall apart, horns scatter, each going its own way for muntu chant, the final track, the track featuring james carter.along with the horns, the choir includes piano, bass and drums.
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