Rova Saxophone Quartet at Guelph Jazz Festival at River Run Centre

Electric Ascension at the Guelph Jazz Festival

John Coltrane's Ascension was called, “…the most powerful human sound ever recorded" in Down Beat Magazine in 1965, and "the most vexatious work in jazz history" by jazz critic Gary Giddins. These contradictory claims indicate just how controversial this music was at the time Coltrane recorded it in 1965. Ascension in fact still causes arguments; the ideas behind the music are still alive and making waves. All the more reason to rejoice in Electric Ascension, reincarnated for the 21st century in live performance by the large, fluctuating ensemble "Orkestrova"....

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Electric Ascension at the Guelph Jazz Festival

John Coltrane's Ascension was called, “…the most powerful human sound ever recorded" in Down Beat Magazine in 1965, and "the most vexatious work in jazz history" by jazz critic Gary Giddins. These contradictory claims indicate just how controversial this music was at the time Coltrane recorded it in 1965. Ascension in fact still causes arguments; the ideas behind the music are still alive and making waves. All the more reason to rejoice in Electric Ascension, reincarnated for the 21st century in live performance by the large, fluctuating ensemble "Orkestrova".

Rova with
Nels Cline – el. guitar
Fred Frith – el. bass
Hamid Drake – drums
Ikue Mori – electronics
Chris Brown – electronics
Carla Kihlstedt – violin
Jenny Scheinman – violin
Rob Mazurek – cornet and electronics

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