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Margueritte 8:30 ░░ 02. Prancing 3:22 ░░ 03. Night Glider 6:36 ░░ 04. Scimitar 2:42 ░░ 05. Vadana 6:57 ░░ 06. Eastern Song 2:31 ░░ 07. Padma 2:44 ░░ 08. Cloud Dance 5:47 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ The late, great Collin Walcott made his proper ECM debut on Cloud Dance ░░ (after an appearance three years earlier on Trios/Solos), where he was ░░ joined by the Gateway trinityùJohn Abercrombie, Dave Holland, and Jack ░░ DeJohnetteùfor one of his most powerful albums ever to grace ECMÆs vinyl ░░ (and later, digital, thanks to a vital Touchstone series reissue) ░░ grooves. The marrow-warming twang of WalcottÆs sitar sets up the opening ░░ ôMargueritteö to be a long raga, when suddenly AbercrombieÆs electric ░░ appears in kind, beckoning a chill entourage of bass and drums and ░░ touching off a pair of graceful solos from Abercrombie and Holland. The ░░ albumÆs remainder is fleshed out by a variety of intimate configurations. ░░ ôNight Gliderö and ôVadanaö both feature guitar, bass, and sitar, the ░░ latter two instruments feeding beautifully off one another, the guitar ░░ weaving in and out where it may. The two duets between Walcott and ░░ Holland, however, are really where this album gilds its worth. Our ░░ frontman lays out plush carpets of tabla and sitar on ôPrancingö and ░░ ôEastern Song,ö respectively, over which Holland takes stock of every ░░ variation of pattern and thread count. The second of these pieces, while ░░ the briefest of the album, is also one of its most mesmerizing. Contrary ░░ to what the titles might have us believe, these are all genuinely ░░ realized pieces where the word ôexoticö is but another puff of smoke in ░░ the breeze. And so, the heavy tabla and shawm-like guitar of ôScimitarö ░░ describes not the weapon wielded in the hands of countless white actors ░░ in uninformed filmic productions, but rather an exploration of the object ░░ on its own terms, tracing forms and histories, battles and silences ░░ alike, with due abandon. So, too, with the final and title cut that ░░ brings DeJohnette back into the mix for an animated closer. ░░ ░░ The telephone wires on the cover are like the strings of some large ░░ instrument, with the sky as its sound box. Its clouds donÆt so much dance ░░ as perform, caressing endless waves of voices careening through the ░░ ether. 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