Mad 6
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| Mad 6 | ||||
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Label | Eighty-Eights/Columbia[1] | |||
| Producer | Yasohachi Itoh | |||
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Mad 6 is an album by the American musician Ravi Coltrane, released in 2002.[2][3] Coltrane supported the album by playing the 2003 Satchmo SummerFest.[4]
Produced by Yasohachi Itoh, the album was recorded over two days in May 2002 in New York City.[5][6][7] Coltrane wrote four of the album's tracks.[8] He split the album between two sets of musicians.[9] The drummer Steve Hass is the only quartet member who played on every Mad 6 track; Darryl Hall played bass and George Colligan played piano on some tracks.[10][11][12] "26-2" and "Fifth House" are covers of songs by Coltrane's father.[13] "Ask Me Now" is a cover of the Thelonious Monk song.[14] Other songs are by Jimmy Heath and Charles Mingus.[15]
