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François Carrier

Francois Carrier

Alto saxophonist and improviser François Carrier is definitely going his own way. Carrier singular vision has led him to maintain a wide recorded presence all over the world. His rich, deep playing that blends lyricism with boldness and a sense of surpassing one’s self has earned him a place in the Annual International Critic’s Poll of El Intruso of El Intruso 2018, 2017 as well as 2015 and in the DownBeat’s 2013 Best Alto Sax Players List. In 2001 he won a Juno Award in the Best Contemporary Jazz Album category for his third album Compassion (Naxos Jazz). To date, François combines an impressive discography of over 35 internationally acclaimed albums with legendary musicians such as Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Bobo Stenson, Tomasz Stanko, Uri Caine, Jason Moran, Dewey Redman, Mat Maneri, Sonny Greenwich, Jean-Jacques Avenel, John Edwards, Steve Beresford, Rafal Mazur, etc

Japan Suite

By FRANCOIS CARRIER

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Uchi-soto (Inside Outside） 25:01 2. Kacho-fugetsu（Flower, bird, wind, moon） 14:26 3. Rakuyou（Falling leaves） 15:35 4. Ogose（Town Ogose） 08:30 5. Yuzu（Citron） 11:15 6. Kaze To Kumo Ni Noboru（Climb the wind and clouds） 03:27

WIDE

By FRANCOIS CARRIER

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Wide 23.07 2. Radiancy 09.44 3. Leeway 31.42

Spring 2020

By DOUG COLLETTE

Jazz Journal is a regular column comprised of pithy takes on recent jazz releases of note, spotlighting titles that might otherwise go unnoticed. Jaromír Honzák Hard To Understand Animal Music 2020 The airy warm tones of “Francoise Truffaut" constitute an apt commencement for Czech double bassist Jaromír Honzák ...

François Carrier

Elements

By FRANCOIS CARRIER

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1. Elements 25.38; 2. Roar of Joy 05.21; 3. Wilderness 29.32

Nirguna

By FRANCOIS CARRIER

Label: Fundacja Słuchaj
Released: 2019
Track listing: Disk 1. 1. Saguna 37:43 2. Jivatma 13:16 Disk 2. 3. Paramatma 35:03 4. Nirguna 15:53

Tibor Prettschnöder: The Largo And The Lame

By MARK CORROTO

By now it is generally accepted that there is such a category as Germanic free improvisation. One separate from the Peter Brötzmann, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Günter Sommer, Peter Kowald, Manfred Schoof, Gerd Dudek, Albert Mangelsdorff, etc, etc. school of free jazz that machine-gunned its way into the European scene of the late 1960s. These new rebels ...

Beyond Dimensions

By FRANCOIS CARRIER

Label: FMR Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Open Dream 29:44 2. Namagiri 14:42 3. Unseen 09:43 4. Beyond Dimensions 23:25