Mathieu Bec

Daunik Lazro, Benjamin Duboc, Mathieu Bec: Standards Combustion

by Mark Corroto
January 7, 2024

The French trio of saxophonist Daunik Lazro, bassist Benjamin Duboc, and drummer Mathieu Bec has released a collection of music with the fitting title Standards Combustion. Their covers of two compositions each by John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, and one each by Steve Lacy and Wayne Shorter do not so much burn down these nuggets as utilize them as a kind of touch-paper. Sometimes listeners in the 21st century forget the chronology of music's development. This is especially ...