The Mad Congolese Dane Strikes Again
Jan P. Dennis | Monument, CO USA | 09/08/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Is there a jazz musician articulate in a greater number of musical settings? Not that I know of. John Tchicai, mercurial maestro, has done something altogether new--crafted music that's both quirky and accessible. OK, some of it's not that quirky, and some of it's not that accessible, but most of it is both. I especially like the spoken parts of "A Chaos with Some Kind of Order"--strangely accented English from obvious non-native speakers, uttered in unison. A truly weird effect--probably unintentional. And don't be scared off by this bit of weirdness--it lasts only a few seconds. All in all, truly different but strangely likeable."