Tag Archives: Karl Berger / Ed Blackw – Crystal Fire

Pianist and vibraphone participant Karl Berger cites Ornette Coleman being a good friend and coach; Coleman’s means of playing jazz are certainly shown in Berger’s idea, way more than some other vibist you can name. Berger eschews four-mallet technique; his design can be all single-line, with small (if any) chordal …

Ed Blackwell produced his status as an associate of Ornette Coleman’s music group in the first ’60s; without that association, one miracles whether he’d be considered among the great jazz percussionists. That’s to consider nothing from his substantial capability, but Blackwell’s unfashionably arcane and relatively unpolished method of playing period …