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MegaOctet: E Total
by Anthony Shaw
As the 15-page spread in the May, 2012 issue of French Jazz Magazine demonstrated, Andy Emler is a Frenchman with a special gift. Not only a creative composer and arranger, as well as a broadly talented keyboardist, he is the man who has found ways to harness the redoubtable creative energies of his notoriously temperamental countrymen in a large, though not quite big, band. And he's done this for over 20 years. What's more, these fellow Frenchmen include some of ...
read moreJean-Sebastien Simonoviez: Vents & Mar
by John Kelman
Possibly one of the most difficult challenges that any aspiring musician faces is coming to terms with translating technique into musicality. Students practice scales, physical technique, rhythm and harmony--trying to make their hands as fluid as possible and their minds so aware that these concepts become second nature. But when it comes time to play, all too many young players feel the need to put everything out on the table, when the real end of learning the language and physicality ...
read moreVincent Courtois: Translucide
by Glenn Astarita
In the past, thirty-two year old French cellist Vincent Courtois has aligned himself with an impressive cast of musicians whether performing contemporary classical or sharpening his jazz/improv talents with the likes of; Martial Solal, Dave Douglas, Marc Ducret, Steve Swallow and many others of note. With his first major label release titled Translucide, Courtois performs a few solo pieces and some feisty duets with guitarist Noel Akchote’, tuba merchant Michel Godard and trombonist Yves Robert. On the title track - ...
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