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Francois Marcaurelle: Opus No. 6 - Mode d'emploi
by Mark F. Turner
Pianist Francois Marcaurelle has been a noted musician in Canada for many years, having founded the popular jazz/fusion band “Tasman" in the early '80s and currently the active leader of trio and quartet groups. The latest of a number of recordings in his “Opus series, Opus No. 6 - Mode d'emploi lightly stirs the sounds of ...
Vanassextet: Amerikois
by Budd Kopman
Amérikois is a very deceptive album. It starts with “Petit Michel," which sounds very much like light jazz from a French movie, but then grows deeper in both emotion and musicality. The instrumentation changes with more use of the bass clarinet, a fabulous sound, in music with more intricate structure. Being a vibraphonist, ...
Michel Donato: Michel Donato et Ses Amis Europ
by Paul Olson
The mid-'60s Blue Note sound permeates Michel Donato et ses Amis européens, the veteran Québec bassist's new CD. True to the album's title, Donato's teamed with Polish trumpeter Piotr Wojtasik and three non-native Parisians (guitarist Michael Felberbaum, drummer Karl Jannuska and tenor saxman François Théberge). Every musician contributes at least one composition (there are three by ...
Jean-Christophe B: Polychromy
by Paul Olson
French tenorist Jean-Christophe Béney plays with invention, verve and deep confidence on Polychromy, his first release since 2002's Cassiopée. Béney's got a penchant for long, measure-spanning phrases of considerable complexity--not unlike Chris Potter, and there's some Lovano in his tone and style as well. He's also a songwriter of real quality and it is the strength ...
Michel C: Lapon Bal
by Paul Olson
Québec saxophonist Michel Coté's Lapon Balèze may not be the best of the many excellent albums released by the Effendi label last year, but it is absolutely the most original. Coté's been very interested in traditional African music of late and he realizes this interest in the polyrhythmic setting of Raynald Drouin on drum kit, percussion ...
No Name Jazz Sextet: No Name Jazz Sextet
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Over the past few years there has been an influx of innovative new jazz blowing down from Canada. One acclaimed band, the No Name Jazz Sextet, recently released a self-titled CD, an array of tunes written by several members of the group, all acolytes of the hard bop faith. (Members made a special trip to Sweet ...
Francois Bourassa Quartet: Indefinite Time
by Mark F. Turner
The Francois Bourassa Quartet is not content to just play jazz straight; and thankfully for the listener, that's a good thing, as they present some forward-looking and contemplative music. The core members have performed together for over twenty years, and the ensemble is one of Canada's premier jazz groups, having thrilled audiences and impressed critics at ...
Joel Miller: Mandala
by John Kelman
Psychology icon Carl Jung believed that the Buddhist Mandala--a circle enclosing a square with a deity on each side--was representative of the “nuclear atom" of the human psyche, the unknown essence of the soul. Ever-pervasive in dreams, children's drawings and more, he felt this simple representation depicted humanity's way of forming a harmonious relationship with the ...
Vanassextet: Amerikois
by Stephen Latessa
A conversation among six people is not always an easy thing to pull off. There may be some who seek to overwhelm the others, and those all too content to be dominated. Too often the give and take may devolve into either discord or moody stasis. The wonder of the Jean Vanasse Sextet is that the ...
