Results for "Fleuve"

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Fleuve

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mort d'Eurydice; Panama; Albatros; Reflet Sud; Fire Red - Gas Blue - Ghost Green; Nile; Decors.

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Article: Album Review

With Fleuve, drummer and percussionist Pierre Favre demonstrates that not only is he a master of his instrument, but he also has complete command in the fields of composition and arrangement. The music dances (often literally), and is light, airy and transparent. Favre seems to go out of his way to choose instrumentation that works against ...

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Pierre Favre Ensemble: Fleuve

by John Kelman
April 18, 2007

It's hard to imagine that a group as bottom-heavy as percussionist Pierre Favre's new ensemble could actually sound light and ethereal. But Fleuve does just that. With a septet featuring two basses, tuba/serpent, percussion and, at times, bass clarinet, there's no shortage of warmth and depth. But with guitar, harp and soprano saxophone fleshing out the ...