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Album Review

Benoit Delbecq 3: Ink

Read "Ink" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Berlin-based bassist Miles Perkin handles the duties previously held by revered French bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel (Steve Lacy, Pharoah Sanders) who passed away in 2014. Therefore, this enterprising piano trio led by Frenchman Benoit Delbecq surges forward with the similar level of ingenuity conveyed on The Sixth Jump (Songlines, 2010). In addition, Congolese drummer Emile Biayenda intersperses a world music vibe during various tracks while seamlessly integrating a tightknit jazz component into the mix. On a side note, famed pianist Fred ...

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Album Review

Benoit Delbecq 3: Ink

Read "Ink" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

French pianist Benoit Delbecq came late to the piano trio, having spent 20 years on a variety of other projects. His previous foray into the terrain, The Sixth Jump (Songlines, 2010), featured bassist Jean Jacques Avenel (who sadly died in 2014) alongside Congolese drummer Emile Biayenda, who first toured with the pianist in the Central Africa in 1994 and has been a regular collaborator ever since. Canadian Miles Perkin has since taken on the bass chair, completing an adaptable ensemble ...

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Album Review

Benoit Delbecq - Francois Houle: Because She Hoped

Read "Because She Hoped" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Nell'aria inevitabilmente cameristica che si respira in questo CD, il pianista parigino Benoit Delbecq e il clarinettista canadese Francois Houle riescono ad evitare ogni soluzione di continuità eccessiva tra l'improvvisazione e gli stralci tematici, che talvolta sono parti scritte, altre volte sono delle brevi strutture ricorrenti, oppure semplici indicazioni armoniche. Così il clima del tutto estemporaneo che si crea in ogni esecuzione è totale e le due versioni di Pour Pee Wee (la prima in studio e la seconda dal ...

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Album Review

Benoît Delbecq: Circles and Calligrams

Read "Circles and Calligrams" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il pianoforte come laboratorio timbrico. L'idea in sé non è nuova, ma in campo jazzistico non è stata molto investigata e consente di tenere a distanza l'opzione soltanto muscolare verso lo strumento. Benoît Delbecq è artista intelligente, da anni alle prese con lo studio delle possibilità di estendere la funzione dialogica del piano preparato. Una funzione più strutturata rispetto alla dimensione aleatoria proposta da Cage a suo tempo, ma sicuramente collegata a quella. Le strutture indipendenti che si ascoltano in ...

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Benoit Delbecq / Francois Houle: Because She Hoped

Read "Because She Hoped" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

The superior recording quality, tinged with reverb and a capacious aesthetic, serves as a third instrument on this studio recording by French pianist Benoit Delbecq and Canadian clarinetist Francois Houle. Both artists occupy that progressive, cutting-edge space within modern jazz contexts. With their third duo outing, the musicians use extended techniques in an intimate setting. Here, unorthodox treatments coalesce with sublime dialogues, spiking breakouts and melodic intervals, all executed with a sense of intimacy. Ethereal, and at times ...

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Album Review

Benoit Delbecq Trio: The Sixth Jump

Read "The Sixth Jump" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Vi è la Madre Africa. “Ando," per esempio, si sviluppa attorno ad un ritmo tribale che rimanda a villaggi sperduti e tramonti rosso fuoco. Ma anche in altri brani risuonano echi di strumenti etnici sia percussivi (presenti nel armamentario di Emile Biayenda) sia cordofoni (il contrabbasso di Jean-Jacques Avenel suona talvolta come la kora proveniente dal Mali). Vi è l'idioma jazzistico basato sul perfetto interplay. “Poursuite/Drum Page" è un mirabile esempio di equilibrio tra le parti, con i tre strumenti ...

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Multiple Reviews

Benoit Delbecq: The Sixth Jump / Circles and Calligrams

Read "Benoit Delbecq: The Sixth Jump / Circles and Calligrams" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

Pianist Benoît Delbecq makes his debut trio recording with The Sixth Jump, released simultaneously with Circles and Calligrams, which Delbecq describes in a solo outing. The first disc amplifies his skills as an empathic leader whose inventive thematic explorations are woven in spontaneous interaction with his mates. The second lets him explore the dynamics of the piano elaborately, his sense of purpose expressively accomplished.Benoit Delbecq TrioThe Sixth JumpSonglines2010 Delbecq uses ...

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