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Stephane Kerecki Trio: Houria
by Bruce Lindsay
Houria is an intriguing mix of composition and improvisation, of North African and Western music, of the modern and the classical, and of Europe and North America. Bassist Stephane Kerecki leads this trio of French musicians, augmented by New York-based reeds player Tony Malaby, through twelve original tunes, and an arrangement of Olivier Messiaen's “O Sacrum Convivium, which are characterized by thoughtful and considered playing. “Houria" bears the most obvious stamp of Kerecki's North African influences--it's an ...
read moreRaphael Imbert: Bach:Coltrane
by Mark Sabbatini
Some albums are personal and this one carries the burden of massive expectations, an anticipation similar to first hearing John Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1959) and just about anything by Bach.French saxophonist Raphael Imbert dangles this tantalizing lure on Bach: Coltrane, which the multi-hornman promotes as the culmination of a research project into the sacred elements of jazz. For the album, a jazz quintet joins the classical Manfred Quartet “to demonstrate the spiritual and musical ties between Bach ...
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