Jazz Articles about Francois Corneloup

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Francois Corneloup: NExT

by Phil DiPietro
July 6, 2008

The French saxophonist Francois Corneloup is a baritone/soprano saxophone specialist and a forty-something wild man deserving wider recognition. Last year's release of the U.L.M. Trio recording, with fellow French firecracker Marc Ducret on guitar and the capaciously capable drummer Martin France of Britain, deservedly raised his international profile. This release, falling into the avant-groove category inhabited by bands from the Lounge Lizards to Critters Buggin should do more to raise Corneloup's profile as a bandleader.

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