Jazz Articles about Marc Ducret

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Marc Ducret: Helsinki, Finland, January 29, 2012

by Anthony Shaw
March 15, 2012

Marc Ducret SoloMalmintaloHelsinki, FinlandJaunary 29, 2012 A solo performance is by definition an intense experience, and when the musician is committed to a style which is itself close to impenetrable the result can be bewildering; in this case a performance is bound only by the resourcefulness of the audience. Those attending this penultimate concert of French guitarist Marc Ducret's Finnish tour almost certainly knew what to expect. With the assistance of ...

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Marc Ducret: Tower, Vol. 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 27, 2012

Nel primo volume di questa serie, il chitarrista francese Marc Ducret aveva posto le premesse per lo sviluppo di un progetto molto interessante che conferma i suoi punti di forza anche in questo secondo volume. Al suo fianco, al posto dei musicisti danesi coinvolti nel primo episodio, troviamo due americani e un francese di assoluto valore. Al sax alto spicca Tim Berne, musicista colto e originale col quale Ducret suona da moltissimi anni. Alla batteria siede l'eccellente Tom Rainey, capace ...

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Marc Ducret: Tower, Vol. 2

by Glenn Astarita
October 13, 2011

Marc Ducret is among the elite group of modern era guitarists who make a significant imprint on roads previously navigated, with a penchant for exploring bewildering musical vistas. His unique instrumental voice has been a source of wonderment for several decades. On his follow-up to Tower Vol. 1 (Ayler, 2011), featuring a horns-based quintet, Ducret realigns with longtime comrades and influential musicians in their own right--alto saxophonist Tim Berne and drummer Tom Rainey--for a bass-less quartet. Moreover, violinist Dominique Pifarely's ...

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Marc Ducret: Tower, Vol. 1

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 12, 2011

Il chitarrista francese Marc Ducret si immerge in un nuovo progetto che prende spunto da un breve racconto di Vladimir Nabokov intitolato Ada or Ardor e ne ricava materiale per una prima uscita su album che sarà certamente seguita da altre puntate che coinvolgeranno formazioni diverse. In questo primo episodio sono al suo fianco quattro musicisti danesi che ben lo assecondano in questa escursione in territorio free che offre molteplici stratificazioni, spesso spostate verso la parte grave dello spettro acustico, ...

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Marc Ducret: Le sens de la marche

by Jean-Marc Gelin
August 21, 2009

From the word go, guitarist Marc Ducret's Le sens de la marche enters another world, an unsettled one full of surprise and anguish--one for which there can be no preparation. Vaguely reminiscent of Frank Zappa, King Crimson and Tim Berne, it's a musical hubbub of organized chaos--systematic in theory but brutal and brilliant in practice.

The references, however, are many and various. Ducret's jungle is wild and urbane; on “Tapage," the distant echoes of Duke Ellington's jungle can be heard, ...

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Marc Ducret: Le Sens De La Marche

by Martin Longley
June 3, 2009

Marc Ducret is usually experienced either as a highly noticeable sideman or, if he's leading his own band, a dangerously pointed guitar brandisher. Mostly, he's known for working with Tim Berne, as part of Bloodcount and Big Satan. This solo album reveals one of Ducret's other aspects: composer and bandleader on a particularly ambitious scale. His 10-piece ensemble sounds even bigger than that, benefiting from strategic electrification and amplification. The material was recorded in Ducret's French homeland, ...

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Marc Ducret Trio: Heart-Stopping Music in Helsinki

by Anthony Shaw
December 6, 2007

The Marc Ducret Trio Rythmihäiri Club Helsinki, Finland November 31, 2007

Lost in translation is not an applicable excuse when listening to free-form instrumental jazz. It is to be expected. Sitting through 25 minutes of the intense experimental music the Marc Ducret Trio offers up during a single selection, inevitably the listener is sometimes in limbo -- wherever such respite might be!

Playing to a packed bar at Helsinki's Rythmihäiri (Cardiac Dysfunction) Club, ...