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Opus de Life - Wikipedia

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Opus de Life

Live album by

Andrew Cyrille, Paul Dunmall, and Henry Grimes

Released

2009

Recorded

June 14, 2008

Venue

Vision Festival, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York City

Genre

Free jazz

Label

Porter Records
PRCD - 4032

Producer

Margaret Davis

Andrew Cyrille chronology

Low Blue Flame
(2006)

Opus de Life
(2009)

Route de Frères
(2011)

Opus de Life is a live album by the Profound Sound Trio: drummer Andrew Cyrille, saxophonist Paul Dunmall, and bassist/violinist Henry Grimes. It was recorded in June 2008 at the Vision Festival held at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center in New York City, and was released by Porter Records in 2009.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
All About Jazz	^[2]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A−^[3]

In a review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos wrote: "Incorporating three of the greatest improvisers in the original free jazz movement, the Profound Sound Trio certainly lives up to its name... this triad goes for all-out, rip-snorting energy music based on the post-modern precepts of John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and even the outer rim of Albert Ayler... the PST deliver on all cylinders through this set of non-stop improvisations that allow all three members to stretch out without overtly exploiting the outer reaches of their instruments... There's a perfect symmetry between the players, solos are meted out judiciously... Amiri Baraka described freedom music as 'a terrible wholeness,' not in the pejorative but to underline the serious nature of African American expressionism, and how it should be taken without prejudice or dismissive whimsy. The Profound Sound Trio make it known to all they are in business to make sure they are heard in perfect clarity, with not a trace of mistaken identity."^[1]

Writing for Moment's Notice, Brian Morton commented: "Dunmall's characteristic approach is plain-spoken and artisanal, favoring straightforward narration over harmonic complexity, a hard-forged blacksmith's tone over anything overtly pretty or folkish. Paired with Andrew Cyrille and Henry Grimes, he sounds like a country boy who's just arrived in town but already shown he's the equal of anyone on the block, and with his own moves... The guys seemed to have as good a time as the crowd. Let's hope it’s a regular association."^[4]

Track listing

"This Way, Please" – 15:16
"Call Paul" – 5:48
"Whirligigging" – 3:23
"Beyonder" – 17:24
"Futurity" – 7:28

Personnel

Paul Dunmall – tenor saxophone, bagpipes
Henry Grimes – bass, violin
Andrew Cyrille – drums

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Nastos, Michael G. "Profound Sound Trio: Opus de Life". AllMusic. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ AAJ Italy Staff (December 22, 2009). "Profound Sound Trio: Opus de Life". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ Morton, Brian. "Profound Sound Trio: Opus de Life". Moment's Notice. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	The Call (1965) Solo (2008)
Live albums	Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival (2004) The Power of Light (with Oluyemi Thomas, 2006) Going to the Ritual (with Rashied Ali, 2007) Opus de Life (with Andrew Cyrille and Paul Dunmall, 2008) Spirits Aloft (with Rashied Ali, 2009) The Tone of Wonder (2013)

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	What About? (1969) Celebration (1975) The Loop (1978) Metamusicians' Stomp (1978) Nuba (with Jeanne Lee and Jimmy Lyons, 1979) Special People (1980) The Navigator (1982) My Friend Louis (1991) X Man (1993) Ode to the Living Tree (1994) Good to Go, with a Tribute to Bu (1995) Duo Palindrome 2002 (with Anthony Braxton, 2002) Low Blue Flame (2005) Route de Frères (2005) The Declaration of Musical Independence (2014) Proximity (with Bill McHenry, 2014) Lebroba (2017) The News (2019) 2 Blues for Cecil (with William Parker and Enrico Rava, 2021) Music Delivery/Percussion (2022)
Live albums	Dialogue of the Drums (with Milford Graves, 1974) Junction (1976) Double Clutch (with Richard Teitelbaum, 1981) Something in Return (with Jimmy Lyons, 1981) Burnt Offering (with Jimmy Lyons, 1982) Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann in Berlin (with Peter Brötzmann, 1982) Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (with Irène Schweizer, 1988) Galaxies (with Vladimir Tarasov, 1990) Opus de Life (with Paul Dunmall and Henry Grimes, 2008) Evocation (with Elliott Sharp and Richard Teitelbaum, 2011)
Related articles	Trio 3 Air

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