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Jean-Marc Hebert

Jean-Marc Hebert is a guitarist and composer, initially trained in classical guitar. He recorded about fifteen albums in

various style as a performer and also as a co-composer. His carrer has benn influenced by explorations in jazz but also

outside jazz culture notably in world music (african, indian, arab, etc). "L'Origine éclatée" recorded with Lex French, Morgan Moore and Pierre Tanguay is his third project as a composer/leader after "L'Autre" (2007)and "L'Attente" (2018) recorded with Marianne Trudel et Rémi-Jean Leblanc.

Gear

Guitar Roland G-303

Fender Deluxe reberb ampli

Strymon Time line delay

Dual reberb Ventris

Looper Electro-Harmonix 720

Jean-Marc Hebert: L'Origine Eclatee

Read "L'Origine Eclatee" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 10, 2024

Montreal-based guitarist Jean-Marc Hebert's third album, L'Origine Eclatee, sounds like something out of the ECM Records catalog. He is joined by trumpeter Lex French, bassist Morgan Moore and drummer Pierre Tanguay, forming a patient, subdued chamber jazz atmosphere that opens the first of the Hebert originals, “La Deteinte." The tune shimmers. Understatement is the plan of the day, though the force of the sound builds. Is this a haunting, like something trumpeter Arve Henriksen (no stranger to ECM) might create? ...