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Erik Truffaz: The Walk of the Giant Turtle
by Mark F. Turner
French trumpeter Erik Truffaz proves again to be a jazz non-conformist on his fourth US Blue Note release, where he exploits the musical elements of hard rock, funk, psychedelia, dance, and jazz in grand fashion. On last year's notable Mantis, which featured nice guitar work, Arab vocals, and unusual instruments, he showed no fear in blurring ...
Erik Truffaz: The Walk Of The Giant Turtle
by Jim Santella
With the tension of his muted trumpet and the release of his open horn, Erik Truffaz walks on the back of a giant turtle representing planet Earth. His hip creations traverse continents as well as history. While jazz and electric fusion have remained faithful soul mates for over 30 years, the popular mix has always represented ...
Mantis
By Erik Truffaz
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: The Point; La Memoire du Silence; Saisir; No Fear; Nina Valeria; Parlophone; Magrouni; Mantis; Yasmina; Mare Mosso; Tahun Bahu.
Erik Truffaz: Mantis
by Jim Santella
Finding his own voice through clarion sounds and original ideas, French trumpeter Erik Truffaz brings a fresh, contemporary performance to the jazz scene. Hip-hop rhythms combine with New Orleans shuffles. Spoken word rhythms pump up the jam. Finally emerging from the powerful influence of Miles Davis, Truffaz lays his own brand of cool jazz out for ...
Erik Truffaz: Mantis
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The innate concord between representation and abstraction, the crucial breakthrough of 20th Century art, palpable in the work of Picasso, Matisse and Klee, has a musical counterpoint in jazz recordings such as Mantis. The quartet is Truffaz’s medium and with the support of three noteworthy musicians, of which guitarist Manu Codjia receives the most attention soloing, ...
Revisit
By Erik Truffaz
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: The Dawn; Less; Bending New Corners; More; Siegfried; Sweet Mercy; The Dawn (Part 2).
Erik Truffaz: Revisit
by Jim Santella
A remix album, Revisité brings back songs from last year's The Mask by trumpeter Erik Truffaz. They're presented through sensual images that have been “enhanced." Remixers Pierre Auditat, Pierre Henry, Bugge Wesseltoft, Alex Gopher and Gilles Peterson add rap, voice samples, scratches, whistles, fuzzy bass, throbbing bass & drumbeats -- and they organize each selection with ...
