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Ludovic de Preissac Septet: Retrouvailles
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Pianist Ludovic de Preissac's new record reminds me why I fell in love with jazz in the first place; in both a very general and specific sense.Generally, in the sense that Retrouvailles evinces, from beginning to end, that paradoxical mixture of solidarity in the pursuit of a collective goal, together with competitive ...
Tribulation
Label: Aphrodite Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Tribulation; Au bout du Rouleau; Hypothalamus; Complicated Lady;
Journée à Préfailles;
Bloom; Bodyguard; Scratch; Mars Plastic.
Cedric Caillaud Trio: June 26
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Jean-Michel Reisser, in his thoughtful liner notes to bassist Cédric Caillaud's trio début, argues that French jazz has excelled in producing top-flight bassists. The late Pierre Michelot, a veteran of Miles Davis's L'ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Fontana, 1957), would be the granddaddy of that confrérie. Reisser reminds us of others: Patrice Caratini, Henri Texier, and Pierre Boussaguet, ...
Sebastien Jarrousse / Olivier Robin Quintet: Tribulation
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Three-fifths of the quintet on this record--tenor and soprano saxophonist Jarrousse, drummer Robin and bassist Jean Daniel Botta--just wrapped up a month-long run as the on-stage jazz band in Emmanuel Dongala's theatrical tribute to John Coltrane, A Love Supreme. (The Tarmac de la Villette theater has just announced that it will reprise the play in February ...
