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“. . . the Rose Theater may be the best concert hall in New York City--visually elegant and sonically pristine.
I've seen various kinds of music there--classical, chamber, jazz of all sorts--and it always sounds clean and clear. At Ornettte's show, the two basses were far more distinct than I've heard them sound when the band's played at Carnegie and Town Hall (neither of which is really cut out for this kind of music), and the balance between both and the drums is remarkably even. The only shortcoming, and it's minor, is that for some of the songs Ornette sat on a stool, putting him a bit below the mikes than the sound engineers had planned, and, while he didn't sound at all "buried" in the mix, his horn wasn't quite as prominent as it should have been. Again, a slight deficiency. Otherwise, in terms of sound as well as music, a joy.”
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