Jazz Articles about Patrice Moret

About Patrice Moret

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One does not so much come upon the astute athletics at play within the soundscapes of pianist Colin Vallon as much as get lured, baited, then intrigued by them. Vallon who, for whatever reason, has not been on the new release radar since the ancient precepts he brought to light on 2017's tranquilly vibrant Danse (ECM) and, before that and also on ECM, 2014's deftly defiant Le Vent and 2011's densely poetic Rruga. Taken together and disregarding time, ...

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Matthieu Bordenave: The Blue Land

Read "The Blue Land" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
February 7, 2024

Getting across the great open land beneath big sky country is full of epic moments. The Blue Land, French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave's second for ECM, is that migrant's diary. As he so skillfully rendered on his 2020 ECM debut La Traversée, Bordenave again enters the studio conjoined with the assertive mood swings of bassist Patrice Moretand the rapidly moving divertimentos of pianist Florian Weber. Only this time he adds to that valorous energy the meatier, Art Blakey-like sentiments ...

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Matthieu Bordenave: La Traversée

Read "La Traversée" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
December 19, 2020

The French word La Traversée may equally refer to a crossing, a passage or a journey. Surely related yet with disparate meanings, the three terms have a sense of motion in common. How defined that motion is and whether it's backward, forward, or even sideways, remains unknown. The only thing for certain is its determination to lead from one point to another, much like a river flowing from its source to the ocean--"River" being the title that bookends French saxophonist ...

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Laut & Luise: Open That Door

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 25, 2007

Laut Und Luise è un duo formato da Rahel Thierstein a pianoforte e Fender Rhodes, e Araxi Karnusian a saxofoni e clarinetti. Open That Door è il loro primo CD, ed arriva dopo sette anni di esistenza del duo (nato nel 2000). Inutile dunque dire che la coppia mostra un' affinità e coesione non comune. La musica che propongono è quella classica del duo pianoforte-ance (occasionalmente allargato a musicisti ospiti). Jazz da camera, nella sua accezione più classica. Musica malinconica, ...