At The Golden Circle Vol. 2

Here is an often-overlooked gem of a session, recorded in 1965 as Coleman returned from three years of isolation after revolutionizing jazz in large and in detail on his legendary quartet recordings on Atlantic. Habituated to cries of execration, he now played trumpet and violin in a manner as idiosyncratic as--and more roughly schooled than--his already out-there alto saxophone approach. On this date, his Stockholm accompanists are in complete synch with the refracted logic of Coleman's serpentine, yelping-spirit style. David Izenson's singing, independently minded bass playing prompts Coleman along his peripatetic way. Charles Moffett relishes any opportunity to break out into drum-corps rataplan, but overall he provides a sheet of ride cymbal and snare that grounds his wandering partners. --Peter Monaghan