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Joëlle Léandre & Pascal Contet: 3

Read "3" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Like a conversation between old comrades, not much needs to be said in order to make perfect sense. The implied, fleeting body moves, facial expressions can direct the course of the interaction and charge it with emotional depth, tension or colorful cinematic narratives. 3 the third recorded collaboration between French double bass master Joëlle Léandre and accordionist Pascal Contet--after a self-titled album (Concord, 1996) and Freeway (Clean Feed Records, 2007)--feature these two friends in top form. ...

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Joélle Léandre - Pascal Contet: Free Way

Read "Free Way" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Free Way è un lavoro che indaga sul mondo del basso. Non tanto e solo perché protagonisti sono due strumenti con spiccate caratteristiche “basse”, quali contrabbasso e fisarmonica, quanto piuttosto per la sensibilità e la sensualità, la concretezza, le tessiture e i mood con cui fisarmonica e contrabbasso per l’appunto si inabissano nelle dodici tracce. C’è corporalità, più che sostanza eterea in Free Way. Facile rimanere ammaliati dal calore di questa musica, che a tratti sembra fare eco a certi ...


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