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Alain Bedard Auguste Quartet: Particules Sonores

Read "Particules Sonores" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 9, 2024

The experience of bassist Alain Bedard's Partcules Sonores begins--for those who read liner notes--with a rumination on “sound waves that interact with every particle of matter they encounter. The energy created is transported and diffused, becoming sound particles." Hm. A bit cerebral for some tastes, perhaps. But then jazz guys are known to go deep in describing their music. Ornette Coleman, anyone? Cecil Taylor? And in all of these cases--Coleman, Taylor and Bedard--it is the music that counts. ...

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Album Review

Marie-Fatima Rudolf Trio: Transparence

Read "Transparence" reviewed by Matthew Warnock

by Matthew Warnock
July 8, 2009

Transparence is an emotionally invigorating and musically captivating release by Montreal-based pianist and composer Marie-Fatima Rudolf. Montreal has long been known for its strong jazz scene and world class summer jazz festival, and it is performers such as Rudolf that have helped the city become a beacon for jazz in Canada and beyond. The songs on Transparence are thoughtfully composed and arranged, the trio grooves hard, and the improvised solos are both melodically creative and rhythmically diverse; producing an album ...