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Extended Analysis

Sylvain Provost: Desirs Demodes

by Robert J. Lewis
July 29, 2009

Sylvain Provost Désirs Démodés Effendi Records 2009

If you've been among the very best in your chosen field (of jazz piano) over a long career, there will inevitably come a time when what you say carries as much weight as what you play. So when pianist Oliver Jones, second perhaps only to the great Oscar Peterson in the genre, sings the praises of Montreal jazz guitarist Sylvain Provost, people take notice--and listen. ...

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Album Review

Sylvain Provost/Norman Lachapelle: Ni Un Ni Deux

Read "Ni Un Ni Deux" reviewed by Steve Armour

by Steve Armour
April 1, 2001

Sonority, not tradition, centers the music on Ni Un Ni Deux. The rich blend of Norman Lachapelle's upright bass with Sylvain Provost's acoustic guitar (plus percussion help from Pierre Cormier) anchors the duo as they stretch across musical boundaries. It makes for great sounding music, if uneven jazz.

The pair sounds happy, mostly. The vibe is so pleasant on “Deux Visites" that even Provost's humming along with himself (somewhere between George Benson and Keith Jarrett) doesn't annoy me much, though ...