-actions for Free jazz Orchestra more than "holds together" as a piece. Its simply that the person making the review has no clue what the "avant garde" is... his idea of form and balance is alien to what the avant garde was/is trying to accomplish. This guy is clearly fan of Don Cherry's so called "music", which is simply badly put together from the small sample Ive had of his work. You cannot praise a person like Don Cherry in relations to "form and balance" and then say Penderecki (a master of form and balance on almost all of his works) is lacking. If anything Don Cherry shouldn't even be on the same planet as a master as Penderecki, much less a cd, much less a argument on form and control of material. 5 STARS for the PENDERECKI, 1 for the CHERRY... this album is only worth it because its hard to find ACTIONS anywhere else.