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Benoit Delbecq 3: Ink
ByThese days' jazz piano trios seemingly sprout up at a rapid pace amid an air of sameness that sometimes pervade via the tried and true inferences to Bill Evans, Monk and other greats. However, Delbecq and associates duly extend their reach into other musical landscapes. The band's non-formulaic processes shine radiantly, whether they execute subtle, odd-metered grooves and African percussion metrics on "Le Ruisseau" or jazz it up into the free bop realm and dig deep in concert with supple diversions and linear progressions.
Delbecq often offsets and heightens the rhythmic excursions while remaining busy and productive throughout. The trio's visceral alignment is a lustrous attribute as they morph beauty, power and finesse with start/stop type developments and continually renew and expand themes on "Figures." Yet the band enacts a U-turn with "Ink," where Delbecq's animated phrasings help counterbalance Perkin's bulging ostinato motifs as the band builds momentum along with the leader's sophisticated melody-making overtures. Needless to state, it's not your everyday, plain old vanilla jazz piano trio as air of excitement and intrigue floats above the artists' shrewdly formulated applications.
Track Listing
Le Ruisseau; Ronchamp; Three Clouds; Nombre; Colle et Acrylique; L'esprythme; Family Trees; Figures; Ink; Hemisphère Suo.
Personnel
Benoit Delbecq
pianoBenoît Delbecq: piano; Miles Perkin: double bass; Emile Biayenda: drums & percussion.
Album information
Title: Ink | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records
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