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Allo ?

Label: Circum-Disc
Released: 2009
Track listing: Chewing; M; Troisieme Experience; Le Ton De La Sirene; Deadzone; OB1; Farce; Allo ?; 43/26 (Part I); 43/26 (Part II).

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Article: Album Review

Pulling from a number of musical outlets, Quartet Base--part of the exciting French Circum collective--voids genre delineations on this, its first offering. Largely stemming from its unique instrumental line-up, including guitarist Sebastien Beaumont, trumpet and vocalist Christophe Motury, bassist Nicolas Mahieux and drummer Peter Orins, the group is able to find the common ground between, at ...

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Quartet Base: Allo ?

Read "Allo ?" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 9, 2009

Quartet Base is a free jazz chameleon. Viewing the group from multiple angles reveals different perspectives, each quite fascinating. Funk, rock, club, traditional, avant-garde and experimentation are like rapidly changing colors and contours of the group's changing skin. This ability is understood as the members are comprised of the Circum collective, a group of jazz musicians ...