Jazz Articles about Arnaud Guichard

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Album Review

Serendip Quartet: Queen Of Fire

Read "Queen Of Fire" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
April 23, 2021

This is the second album from Belgian tenor saxophonist Arnaud Guichard's Serendip Quartet. The first, The Tale (Impeka, 2018), received a deserved four-star review on All About Jazz, and Queen Of Fire is just as good, if not better. The first album's singular intersection of Ben Webster and mild hallucinogenics is still there to be savoured, but this time out the abiding reference point veers towards John Coltrane. The continuity running between the two albums does Guichard ...

Album Review

Serendip: The Tale

Read "The Tale" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 17, 2018

The group Serendip has a common jazz ensemble format: saxophone/guitar/bass/drums. But the music they make is anything but common. With The Tale--music that takes its inspiration from the ancient Persian story The Three Princes of Serendip--Belgian-born and now London-based tenor saxophonist Arnaud Guichard has sculpted a compelling spiritual narrative for his quartet. The disc begins with a trio of tunes entitled “Prince One," “Prince Two" and “Prince Three." The sounds begin with a roaming, placid atmosphere featuring minimalist ...