Results for "Bruno Chevillon"

Michel Portal: MP85

by Giuseppe Segala
May 3, 2021

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 ...

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.

Sylvaine Hélary: Glowing Life

by Henning Bolte
March 8, 2021

Is flute an odd one out in the present jazz field? Not really and not at all in France. France not only has Michel Edelin in the older generation, it has still more flautists in the younger generation that are also bandleaders in their own right, for example Magic Malik, Eve Risser, Naïssam Jalal and, of ...

Dan Weiss & Starebaby, Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell and SPIME 2019

by Maurice Hogue
November 4, 2020

Everyone's favourite drummer Dan Weiss created quite a stir with the debut album of his band Starebaby. That ball keeps rolling with their sophomore release, Natural Selection. And what else could you expect from a band with Matt Mitchell, Craig Taborn, Ben Monder and Trevor Dunn? The album rocks! Friend and mentor become playing partners on ...

Mark Harvey Group, Thumbscrew & Rez Abbasi

by Maurice Hogue
August 26, 2020

No matter who pianist Russ Lossing chooses for his various trio projects, they always work! His new Mood Suite, with Mark Helias on bass and Eric McPherson on drums is excellent. Although Lossing has played with Helias and McPherson over the past two decades, they've never played as a trio before. Musical osmosis must work, because ...

London Jazz Composers Orchestra 50 Year Anniversary

by John Sharpe
March 26, 2020

London Jazz Composers Orchestra Alchemia and Manggha Museum Krakow, Poland March 6-8, 2020 Intro Fifty years and counting. One of the most important larger bands in European jazz, The London Jazz Composers Orchestra celebrated its golden anniversary over three days in Krakow which culminated in a triumphant performance of “Harmos." ...

Captivate

By Yves Robert

Label: Budapest Music Center Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: J'ai Raison, L'ordinator; Dans Les Bras De Morphing; Moins Que Rien, Plus Que Tout; Pour Tout Au Plus Rien Au Monde; Your Skin; Herpès; Vibre Chaud; Embrasser Mon Tuyau; Puis Souffler Sur La Braise; Respirer 3000 Virus Par Seconde; L'eau Qui Rêve; Le Sperme Du Diable Est Froid; Inoxidental; Changer D'habit Comme De Chemise; Algorythmique De Danse; Perdre Le Paradis Et 75 Cheveux Par Jour; À Genou Les Puces; Débarrassé Du Jésuschrisme; Gagner 20 Millions De Cellules Par Seconde.

Junius Paul, Alexandra Grimal & Fay Victor

by Maurice Hogue
November 27, 2019

The concert tapes for the recent release of Sun Ra & The Arkestra recorded live in Poland in 1986 were sitting in a dusty basement in Kalisz, Poland all this time. Now recovered and mastered to today's standards, there's a worthy addition to Sun Ra's voluminous discography. On this week's show you'll hear a pair of ...

European Jazz Conference Lisbon 2018: Portuguese showcases

by Henning Bolte
October 12, 2018

Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB); Livraria Ler Devagar European Jazz Conference Lisbon 2018 Lisbon, Portugal September 13-15, 2018 European Jazz Conference Lisbon 2018: Portuguese showcases This year's annual European Jazz Conference, a convention organized by the European Jazz Network, took place at Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in the Portuguese capital ...

Jozef Dumoulin: A Beginner's Guide To Diving And Flying

by Giuseppe Segala
August 20, 2018

Il pianista belga quarantatreenne Jozef Dumoulin, che abbiamo imparato ad apprezzare al fianco di Ellery Eskelin, Dan Weiss, Nate Wooley e in duo pianistico con Benoît Delbecq, presenta con questo organico Orca Noise Unit la propria formazione con musicisti francesi, dove spicca la presenza del contrabbassista Bruno Chevillon. I brani di The Beginner's Guide to Diving ...