About the album
... Wild stuff that’s not for everyone but is a new gold standard for those that like to boldly go where no one has gone before. It’s on the corner of where prog jazz meets prog rock... Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Philadelphia’s Rave Musical Bar, where he played a few evenings, marked Coltrane’s time around 1957, when he found his sound through Monk and his ecstatic play began to reach its artistic heights in ever longer solos. After the cult quartet OM, named after an album title of Coltrane’s, Christy Doran pays homage to the titan once again. After stopped teaching, he deliberately raised the bar for his own work, while successfully dedicating himself to the music of another immortal star, Hendrix, since 1993: neither adulating nor imitating and with different line-ups.
The Irish-born citizen of Lucerne begins the title track almost in a similar way to Western music, but then it draws its characteristic lines immediately over the rocky groove of the wonderful Argentine bassist Franco Fontanarrosa and the precise driving beats of Lukas Mantel. Doran’s guitar alternates between irregular riffs and flat contrasts, between memorable melodies, repetitive patterns and trashy, noisy bulkiness at the end of the coziness. A few harmonies, dramaturgically set exactly in the right place, fire the sound and let us sense it all the more intensely and urgently. It is music of today, Doran’s very own, long-known and yet always a surprising sound, captivating and astonishing: Rock music of the hour, rich in nuances like jazz, played by three musicians with feeling and stupendous technique. It is the fourth Sound Fountain album, one of which was recorded live in Guetersloh in the series “European Jazz Legends” – to which Christy Doran has long belonged.
Steff Rohrbach, Basel
... Wildes Zeug, das nicht für jeden geeignet ist, aber ein neuer Standard für diejenigen, die gerne mutig dorthin gehen, wo noch nie jemand zuvor war... Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Die Rave Musical Bar in Philadelphia, in der er einige Abende spielte, prägte Coltranes Zeit um 1957, als er durch Monk seinen eigenen Sound fand und sein ekstatisches Spiel in immer länger werdenden Soli künstlerische Höhen erreichte. Nach dem Kultquartett OM, benannt nach einem Coltrane-Album, erweist Christy Doran dem Titanen erneut seine Ehrerbietung. Nachdem er aufgehört hatte zu unterrichten, errichtete er die Bar bewusst für seine eigene Arbeit, während er sich seit 1993 erfolgreich der Musik eines weiteren unsterblichen Stars, Jimi Hendrix, widmete, wobei er die Musik in verschiedenen Lineups weder imitierte noch maßlos verherrlichte.
Der gebürtige Ire und Wahl-Luzerner beginnt den Titeltrack beinahe so wie westliche Musik, doch dann zieht er sofort seine charakteristischen Linien über den rockigen Groove des wunderbaren argentinischen Bassisten Franco Fontanarrosa und die präzisen, treibenden Beats von Lukas Mantel. Dorans Gitarre wechselt zwischen unregelmäßigen Riffs und flachen Kontrasten, zwischen einprägsamen Melodien, repetitiven Mustern und kitschiger, lärmender Sperrigkeit am Ende der Behaglichkeit. Ein paar Harmonien, dramaturgisch genau am rechten Ort, befeuern den Sound und lassen den Hörer ihn umso intensiver und dringlicher erfahren. Es ist Musik von heute, Dorans ganz eigener, altbekannter und doch immer überraschender Sound, packend und erstaunlich: Rockmusik der Stunde, reich an Nuancen aus Jazz, gespielt von drei Musikern mit Gefühl und umwerfender Technik. Es ist das vierte Sound Fountain-Album, von denen eines live in Gütersloh aufgenommen wurde im Rahmen der Serie ‚European Jazz Legends‘ – zu denen Christy Doran schon lange zählt.
Steff Rohrbach, Basel
Press
... Beneath the sometimes rather rough skin of the rushing guitar lines there is always a lyrical depth...
Jazzpodium, 01-10-2020
... The interplay of melodic motives, metallic riffs, jazz licks, intricate rhythm and pulsating groove is exemplary.
Concerto, 01-8-2020
... Even in the most rapid capers, the perfectly tuned trio stands like a one.
Fono Forum, 08-7-2020
Christy Doran becomes more and more relaxed....... Franco Fontanarrosa and Lukas Mantel with a similarly free-flowing creative force...
Stereoplay, 01-6-2020
... Doran's way of thinking and playing is more groove-oriented, more pressing and noticeably more physical. Together with his fantastic fellow musicians he creates a dense, highly complex music, which is blatantly stirring and can also inspire and take us on a deeper investigation...
Jazzzeitung, 28-5-2020
The power trio Christy Doran's Sound Fountain is just as adventurous and quirky. Since only bass, drums and guitar are the preferred instruments, there is a lot of space in the structure of the music.
Jazzenzo, 14-4-2020
It will not be “his or hers cup of tea” for everyone, but it is completely different from what people usually think of guitar jazz.
Rootstime, 05-4-2020
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