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Bruno Chevillon
Bruno Chevillon is a French classically trained double bass player whose approach to his instrument is fundamentally sculptural and conceptual.
He treats the double bass as a source of sound materials, where structure and texture are as important as melody or harmony, proving that bass can also be a source of poetic abstraction.
He has played with modern jazz musicians like Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, Paul Motian, Marc Ducret, Tim Berne, and Daniel Humair, and the prog-rock-meets-fusion quartet Caravaggio.
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Michel Portal: MP85
by Giuseppe Segala
Alla tenera età di ottantacinque anni, compiuti lo scorso novembre, Michel Portal è ancora in grado di stupire e incantare con le sue invenzioni musicali. Anche se, naturalmente, i suoi tour di concerti non sono più molto frequenti sulla scena internazionale, questo MP85 è eloquente nella conferma che il carattere, la vitalità creativa, la sostanza musicale dell'artista sono ancora in pieno fervore. Nel corso di una carriera che ormai supera i sessant'anni, Portal si è cimentato da protagonista in tutti ...
Continue Reading...Daniel Humair, Marc Ducret, Bruno Chevillon and Ellery Eskelin: Liberte Surveillee
by Phil DiPietro
Here's one that has it all, including the package itself-so good here, I'll start the review with it. Fittingly recognized as part of the art presented, the case's brushstrokes on the cover are reflected on the discs inside. It features the best photos of musicians I've seen on an album this year, by Christian Ducasse, taken at Paris' Swiss Cultural Center during the run of shows that captured these beautifully recorded live performances. The back cover portrait of Humair makes ...
Continue Reading...Daniel Humair - Bruno Chevillon - Marc Ducret - Ellery Eskelin: Liberte Surveillee
by Glenn Astarita
There’s been a lot of (positive) chatter about this recent release! Firstly, due to the superstar implications of the personnel and secondly for the sheer intensity and roaring firepower, witnessed throughout. Recorded live in Paris, this quartet owns up to its expectations! Daniel Humair has always been a highly regarded drummer within European jazz circles, while tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin and guitarist Marc Ducret’s legacies span multiple European and American modern jazz type endeavors. Moreover, Eskelin frequently tours abroad with ...
Continue Reading...Bruno Chevillon and Tim Berne, "Old and Unwise": Open Contrabass-Alto Sax Duets
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
Freedom. Free-dom. What is it? And how do you get it? In music the word denotes something specific. At least in jazz. It means in part starting out a musical performance with the idea that what is going to happen will happen because the players spontaneously put their improvised parts together without a great deal of overt deliberation. They also, to whatever extent. play what they please, without someone dictating to them in some concrete sense. So it could be ...
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