Provost/LaChapelle/Brochu

Provost/LaChapelle/Brochu: Live Au Va-Et-Vient

by Michael P. Gladstone
September 19, 2005

Canadian guitarist Sylvain Provost appears alongside electric bassist Norman Lachapelle and drummer Paul Brochu on this April 2004 live recording from Montreal's Le Va-Et-Vient club. Provost's previous album from 2001, also in a trio setting, included Lachapelle.

Provost's style is essentially mainstream and his largest influence appears to be Pat Metheny, with the same clear but slightly blurred notes on both the ballads and up-tempo tunes. However, you need to be prepared for the lengthy fusion track, “Short ...