Codona 2 [Original recording reissued]

Don Cherry, Collin Walcott, Nana Vasconcelos, Codona | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B0000260IH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album..., April 12, 2004

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aaron (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Codona 2 (Audio CD)

I actually disagree with the previous comments slightly. This was the first Codona CD I have heard, and I much prefer it to Codona 3. It seems earthier, more delicate...extremely gorgeous, but still "out" enough to maintain interest (i.e. the jagged sporadic running lines Cherry lays over the mellow grooves...somehow all out and completely restrained). When i first heard this album, I listened through it twice in a row, and for days afterwards. I have yet to hear Codona 1, but I hope to soon. As of now, I STILL can't get enough of this disc, and it's been a while since I first heard it. Enjoy...

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this for "Malinye" if nothing else, July 22, 2006

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Mark Welsh "Eternal Fishoutawater" (Mayberry, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Codona 2 (Audio CD)

I heard "Malinye" as the opening and closing piece of music for the long-forgotten 1984 PBS documentary, "America and Lewis Hine", about the photographer who documented abuses of child labor and labor in general in the early part of the 20th century, and who, a bit later in life, was the official photographer for the construction of the Empire State Building. I was immediately struck by the unusual instrumentation - accordion, tympani, tambourine, trumpet.

I had rented this documentary on VHS from a great off-the-wall rental store, Premiere Video, when I was living in Dallas a few years ago, and remember being struck by this music. I now have Dish Network, which provides the Documentary Channel on its basic package. They recently aired this documentary and I was reminded of "Malinye". So this may be the weakest of the "Cadona" releases in some opinions, but all I know is that it is the one that contains this strange piece of music known as "Malinye".

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best CODONA, October 23, 2000

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Allan MacInnis (Vancouver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Codona 2 (Audio CD)

Hi. If you want to know about the gorgeous, multicultural, complex, and unique music that sitarist Walcott, Brazillian percussionist Vasconcelos, and pocket trumpet/ doussn'gouni legend Don Cherry get up to on these releases, read my review of CODONA 3, and then BUY THAT DISC. If you love it, buy the first one. If you still need more, buy this one, and you will be glad. Don't start here, though. For no reasons I can give, I always considered this the weakest of the 3 CDs. Been awhile since I heard it, though, but I'd even rank Walcott's GRAZING DREAMS above it, tho' it lacks Vasconcelos. Entirely a subjective thing, but, well, there it is.