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Joëlle Léandre & Pascal Contet: 3
by Eyal Hareuveni
Like a conversation between old comrades, not much needs to be said in order to make perfect sense. The implied, fleeting body moves, facial expressions can direct the course of the interaction and charge it with emotional depth, tension or colorful cinematic narratives. 3 the third recorded collaboration between French double bass master Joëlle Léandre and ...
Joelle Leandre / Nicole Mitchell: Sisters Where
by John Sharpe
Sisters Where forms another installment in the fertile collaboration between French bassist Joëlle Léandre and American flutist Nicole Mitchell, following on from Before After (Rogue Art, 2011) and Flowing Stream (Leo Records, 2014). One enduring feature of the pairing is the attractive opposition of high and low ends represented by their respective axes, although of course ...
East West Collective: Humeurs
by John Sharpe
The East West Collective constituted one of the surprise hits of the 2013 Vision Festival in New York City. As their name implies the five strong outfit comprises improvisers from both the Occident and Orient. Their origin lies in French cellist Didier Petit's regular visits to the Far East, often with clarinetist Sylvain Kassap in tow, ...
Daunik Lazro / Joëlle Léandre: Hasparren
by John Sharpe
Whether one rates a free improv album or not can be notoriously subjective, depending as much on the listener's mood as any musical attribute. So when a recital comes along by two of France's most adventurous musicians where everything seems to just click, it's worth teasing out what makes it such a success. Let's be clear, ...
Daunik Lazro / Joëlle Léandre: Hasparren
by Eyal Hareuveni
French baritone saxophonist Daunik Lazro and double bass master Joëlle Léandre began to collaborate almost thirty years ago. This collaboration has yielded one trio recording, Sweet Zee (Hathut, 1984 with trombonist George Lewis), two quartet recordings, Paris Quartet (IIntakt, 1989, with pianist Irène Schweizer, and trombonist Yves Robert, and Madly you (Potlatch, 2002, with violinist Carlos ...
Daunik Lazro / Joelle Leandre: Hasparren
by Glenn Astarita
This outing signifies the fifth recording and sole duo pairing by these consummate improvisers, spanning several decades. Recorded at a cultural center in Hasparren, France, the musicians explore the lower register with a profusion of prismatic contrasts as they interrogate and expand upon numerous schematics that at times, seem uncannily composed or sketched out ...
Live at Banlieue Bleue
Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Sudo 1; Sudo 2; Sudo 3; Sudo 4; Sudo 5.
Théo Ceccaldi Trio + Joëlle Léandre: Can You Smile?
by Eyal Hareuveni
Few years ago French double bass great player Joëlle Léandre recommended Ayler Records to sign the chamber string trio Théo Ceccaldi 3--Theo on violin, brother Valentin Ceccaldi on cello and Guillaume Aknine on the electric guitar. Last year, Ayler released the trio's impressive debut Carrousel. Now the trio pays its respects to Léandre, hosting her on ...
Théo Ceccaldi Trio + 1: Can You Smile?
by Glenn Astarita
Prominent French violinist Théo Ceccaldi invited gifted bassist and supreme improviser Joëlle Léandre to augment the core trio for an album that contains semi-structured works, spanning a gamut of loosely orchestrated styles and genres. They touch on nouveau chamber, free-jazz, and avant-garde rock, but their omnipresent improvisational exchanges loom as the reigning factor. Léandre ...
