Listened to the album on Spotify. Thank you for pointing to it,
@scotsman ...
On the tracks where he impersonates John Coltrane he does a very good job of it, though a little goes a long way. He could've limited this style to one track and I would have heard enough (He did an entire JC tribute concert in Edinburgh a few years ago. A mate went. He stuck it out to the end but half the audience didn't)
The number with trumpet is basically a shootout for who can outplay the other, which isn't great listening
I prefer his playing where he is constrained by the structure of the number (with singers)... You get an inkling you're hearing C Pine play and not a resurrected Coltrane
Best track for me is Garden Eden. Love that soprano tone. But didn't like the nah nah na nah reference at the end which rather spoils the introspective atmosphere and makes it seem as though he's taking the mick out of his audience
Overall
Not gonna bother with other albums
