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Daunik Lazro / Joëlle Léandre

Hasparren

By Daunik Lazro / Joëlle Léandre

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Hasparren I; Hasparren II; Hasparren III; Hasparren IV; Hasparren V; Hasparren VI.

Daunik Lazro / Joëlle Léandre: Hasparren

by John Sharpe
April 28, 2014

Whether one rates a free improv album or not can be notoriously subjective, depending as much on the listener's mood as any musical attribute. So when a recital comes along by two of France's most adventurous musicians where everything seems to just click, it's worth teasing out what makes it such a success. Let's be clear, ...

Daunik Lazro / Joëlle Léandre: Hasparren

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 13, 2014

French baritone saxophonist Daunik Lazro and double bass master Joëlle Léandre began to collaborate almost thirty years ago. This collaboration has yielded one trio recording, Sweet Zee (Hathut, 1984 with trombonist George Lewis), two quartet recordings, Paris Quartet (IIntakt, 1989, with pianist Irène Schweizer, and trombonist Yves Robert, and Madly you (Potlatch, 2002, with violinist Carlos ...

Daunik Lazro / Joelle Leandre: Hasparren

by Glenn Astarita
January 30, 2014

This outing signifies the fifth recording and sole duo pairing by these consummate improvisers, spanning several decades. Recorded at a cultural center in Hasparren, France, the musicians explore the lower register with a profusion of prismatic contrasts as they interrogate and expand upon numerous schematics that at times, seem uncannily composed or sketched out ...