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Cedric Caillaud Trio & Harry Allen: Emma's Groove
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
What if bassist Cedric Caillaud's sophomore effort had been recorded at Rudy van Gelder's fabled Englewood Cliffs studio and released on Blue Note Records in 1959, rather than France in 2009? The sound of Patrick Cabon's piano might have been slightly less warm (succumbing to engineer van Gelder's tendency to render pianos with a metallic tinge). Probably a bit of the players phrasing might have struck some listeners as vaguely futuristic--but not too much, really.Overall, though, qualities appreciated ...
Continue ReadingCedric Caillaud Trio: June 26
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Jean-Michel Reisser, in his thoughtful liner notes to bassist Cédric Caillaud's trio début, argues that French jazz has excelled in producing top-flight bassists. The late Pierre Michelot, a veteran of Miles Davis's L'ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Fontana, 1957), would be the granddaddy of that confrérie. Reisser reminds us of others: Patrice Caratini, Henri Texier, and Pierre Boussaguet, who was the young Caillaud's mentor.Another bassist is mentioned a couple of times by Caillaud in his remarks in the liner notes, ...
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