Steve Coleman and Five Elements PolyTropos / Of Many Turns 2024 - Pi Recordings: PI105 https://www.pirecordings.com/albums/polytropos-of-many-turns/ https://www.pirecordings.com/product/polytropos-of-many-turns/ https://stevecoleman.bandcamp.com/album/polytropos-of-many-turns * Steve Coleman : alto saxophone * Jonathan Finlayson: trumpet * Rich Brown : bass * Sean Rickman : drums https://www.m-base.com/ https://www.jonathanfinlayson.com/ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rich-brown-mn0002486918 https://www.therickrocks.com/ Disc 1 recorded live by Sylvain Pierre-Justin, assisted by Bernat Lloret, at New Morning, Paris, France, on March 12, 2024. Disc 2 recorded live by Guillaume Champion, assisted by Guillaume Presle, at Salle des fêtes de Voiron, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, on March 16, 2024. Reviews ~~~~~~~ By Ted Panken https://downbeat.com/news/detail/steve-colemans-complicated-soul PolyTropos/Of Many Turns — the title for Steve Coleman’s latest recording on Pi and his 33rd album overall — aptly describes the vertiginous erudition of the music contained therein. It documents two concerts, one in Paris, one in Villon, recorded four days apart during a March 2024 tour by the most recent iteration of Five Elements, his primary unit since 1981. Each is a virtuoso endeavor, brainy and primal, impeccably tight and alive, extending modern vernaculars with a clear historical scope. Following Coleman’s long-standing performance practice, the band assembles the music in real time, aggregating small rhythmic units that whirl through interlocking cycles into cohesive collective declamations. [...] -- By Don Phipps https://www.freejazzblog.org/2025/02/steve-coleman-and-five-elements.html By Troy Dostert https://www.allaboutjazz.com/polytropos-of-many-turns-steve-coleman-and-five-elements-pi-recordings By Filipe Freitas https://jazztrail.net/blog/steve-coleman-polytropos-of-many-turns-album-review By Jim Hynes https://www.makingascene.org/steve-coleman-and-five-elements-polytropos-of-many-turns/ mat. wydawcy (pl) https://www.jazzarium.pl/aktualnosci/steve-coleman-five-elements-polytropoi-many-turns Por Rockaxis (es) https://www.rockaxis.com/chile/noticia/44173/steve-coleman-/