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Raphael Imbert Trio: N_Y Project
by Bruce Lindsay
Bookending eleven of your own tunes with Duke Ellington's “Echoes of Harlem" and John Coltrane's “Central Park West" is a bold decision for any jazz musician to make--it's a confident statement and a risky one. On N_Y Project the decision pays off--saxophonist Raphael Imbert's compositions have their own strengths and innovations, ensuring that they stand such close comparison. The Marseille-based musician and the New York-based rhythm section also demonstrate some strong playing across this exciting collection of songs inspired by ...
read moreSixtine Group: Pieces For Christmas Peace
by Mark Sabbatini
Christmas albums may be perceived as an outmodeled necessity commercial artists are expected to undergo, but French saxophonist Raphal Imbert sees vast potential in those all-too-familiar compositions.
“It seems to me very exciting to able to explore all the facets of this repertoire, for more than any other it exemplifies the incredible dialogue of cultures that has gone to make up the vast range of American music," he writes in the liner notes of Pieces For Christmas Peace. ...
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