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Benjamin Moussay: Promontoire

Read "Promontoire" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


The second in a trilogy of solo piano records released on ECM in 2020 (Jon Balke's Discourses being the first and Dominik Wania's Lonely Shadows the third), Benjamin Moussay's Promontoire captures the French pianist's cinematic spirit and gently romantic touch through 12 short pieces, each offering a different glance at the pianist's inner workings. A key figure in the French music scene, Moussay most notably gained prominence for his work in clarinetist Louis Sclavis' groups. But he's also nurtured his ...

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Alain Vankehove: Beyond Mountains

Read "Beyond Mountains" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Già sodale dei vari Christophe Marguet e Marc Ducret, fra gli altri, nonché membro dell'ONJ edizione-Damiani, Vankenhove, parigino il cui cognome rivela origini evidentemente più nordiche, è qui alla testa di un quartetto del tutto funzionale a un'idea musicale intrisa di umori multiprovenienti, per un album denso (meno di 40') in cui non è dato smarrirsi né distrarsi. Il meglio arriva nel cuore dello stesso, diciamo dai brani fra il quarto il decimo: se in principio si manifesta infatti quella ...


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