Jazz Articles about Éric Normand 5

Éric Normand 5: Sur un fil

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 18, 2014

The quintet of electric bassist Éric Normand features reed player Jean Derome and percussionist Michel F. Côté, leading improvisers from Montreal's creative scene who have developed highly original free improvisations based on graphic scores, drawings and notated melodies that include an imaginative John Tchicai cover. This excellent quintet was recorded live in 2009 in Normand's countryside hometown, Rimouski, Quebec. The compositions drift freely between ambient, often noisy textures and minimalistic chamber and free jazz attacks. The ...