Jazz Articles about Le Tricycle

About Le Tricycle

Album Review

French pianist Jean-Rene Mourot and associates kindle an invigorating forum on this 32-minute length production. Kicking off the young record label, the trio makes a hearty musical statement with rambunctious risk-taking, counterbalanced by plush melodies, classical movements and orthodox modern jazz fare. “Kyrielle" commences with bassist Adam Lanfrey's lower register ostinato and saxophonist Michael Alizon's soulful musings as the band varies the pitch via Mourot's use of electric piano and alternating tonalities. Yet the trio's kaleidoscopic characteristics include ...

Extended Analysis

Le Tricycle: Le Tricycle

by Phil Barnes
February 14, 2014

Like Matthew Halsall and the UK's Gondwana records, Momentanea from Strasbourg across La Manche are developing the bop template of the 1960s for a new younger audience. Whereas Halsall primarily looks to the spiritual jazz of that period, the core trio of Le Tricycle builds on the bop fundamentals from the eclectic musical palettes of its three core contributors. In jazz terms Le Tricycle are young musicians who bring an enjoyable collective ethos, verve and brio to the ...