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California's alto saxophonist
Sonny Simmons
(1933)
was emblematic (although a relative rarity) of how the
free-jazz improviser could wed the sophisticated composer.
Stayin' On The Watch (august 1966) and Music From The Spheres (december 1966), each containing the four lengthy jams for quintets with trumpeter (and wife) Barbara Donald,
were sometimes reminiscent of John Coltrane but also inherently more complex,
if a bit less emotional.
He remained a brilliant composer even after he started playing less confrontational music, such as on
Backwoods Suite (january 1982), with Donald replaced by a three-piece horn section,
Global Jungle (october 1982), in a quartet with cello,
Ancient Ritual (december 1992), in a trio.
No matter what the setting was, Simmons always managed to carve out a unique
place in the history of jazz improvisation and composition.
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