CD review: Prism Quartet, Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane, Chris Potter – Heritage/Evolution, Vol. 2 – 2021: Video, CD cover

Heritage/Evolution, Vol. 2 is a celebration of the saxophone. The intrepid PRISM Quartet joins sax icons Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano, and Chris Potter to explore their instrument’s dual lineages in classical music and jazz.

“But that’s just a starting point,” writes WNYC’s John Schaefer. “The works presented here reconcile two apparently divergent traditions, from totally notated scores at one end to completely free improvisation at the other, and a dizzying array of possibilities in between.”

01. Forbidden Drive (13:20)
02. Improvisations- Improvisation 1 (2:45)
03. Improvisations- Interlude 1 (2:24)
04. Improvisations- Improvisation 2 (3:25)
05. Improvisations- Interlude 2 (5:06)
06. Improvisations- Improvisation 3 (2:38)
07. Improvisations- Interlude 3 (4:07)
08. Improvisations- Improvisation 4 (1:31)
09. Improvisations- Interlude 4 (4:11)
10. Improvisations- Improvisation 5 (2:53)
11. Super Sonix- Following the Sound (3:00)
12. Super Sonix- Sound Sculpture (5:30)
13. Super Sonix- Wordless Stories (3:53)
14. Super Sonix- Natural Beauty (4:39)
15. Super Sonix- On a Roll (3:05)
16. Super Sonix- Hipsters & Flipsters (6:04)
17. Super Sonix- Following the Sound (reprise) (1:24)
18. Tones for M (6:24)

Timothy McAllister – soprano saxophone (tracks 1,3)
Zachary Shemon – alto, soprano saxophone
Robert Young – alto saxophone (tracks 2,4)
Matthew Levy – tenor saxophone
Taimur Sullivan – baritone saxophone
Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone (track 1), tenor, alto, soprano, baritone saxophones, gong, drum set(track 3)
Chris Potter – tenor saxophone(track 2), bass clarinet (track 4)
Ravi Coltrane – tenor & soprano saxophone(track 2), soprano saxophone (track 4)