''Now!'' is the second album by the

free jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians duri ...

collective quartet

Other Dimensions In Music Other Dimensions In Music is a free jazz group founded in the 1980s.Allmusic/ref> The group is a collective quartet composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. Campb ...

, composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer

Rashid Bakr Rashid Bakr may refer to: * Rashid Bakr (musician) (born 1943), American free jazz drummer * Rashid Bakr (politician) El Rashid El Tahir Bakr (24 June 1933 – 11 March 1988)

. It was recorded in studio in 1997 and released on the AUM Fidelity label. The music of the quartet is fully improvised.''Now!''
at Aum Fidelity

Reception

In his review for

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, Tom Schulte states: "Fascinating and richly woven, ''Now!'' is a classic mosaic of the current state of the N.Y.C. free jazz scene." The ''

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'' review by Bill Milkowski thought that "ODIM is onto a group dynamic that is thoughtful, full of nuance and passion, sometimes provocative, sometimes poignant but never predictable."''Now!'' review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Other Dimensions In Music'' # "For the Glass Tear / After Evening's Orange" - 33:00 # "Tears for the Boy Wonder (For Winston Marsalis)" - 5:26 # "Blue Expanded"- 12:16 # "Whispers & Cries of Change (For Departed Musical Warriors)" - 6:04 # "Dawm"- 8:23 # "Steve's Festive Visions Revisited" - 8:20

Personnel

* Daniel Carter -

alto sax The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B ten ...

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the Alto saxophone, alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key ...

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Roy Campbell -

, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet * William Parker - bass *

Rashid Bakr Rashid Bakr may refer to: * Rashid Bakr (musician) (born 1943), American free jazz drummer * Rashid Bakr (politician) El Rashid El Tahir Bakr (24 June 1933 – 11 March 1988)

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control 1998 albums AUM Fidelity albums Other Dimensions In Music albums