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Louis Sclavis

Louis Sclavis (b. Lyon, France, February 2, 1953) is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz. His music shows great creativity and a lively sense of humor. Sclavis began his musical education at the conservatoire de Lyon at age 9, where he studied clarinet. He began performing with the Lyon Workshop, where he met Michel Portal and Bernard Lubat. He then joined the Brotherhood of Breath of Chris McGregor, and later the Henri Texier quartet. He began his work as a leader in 1987, with his first album Chine

Wasilewski Trio with Joe Lovano and Thumbscrew interpret Braxton

By BOB OSBORNE

This week we feature the beautiful new album from the Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joe Lovano, cutting edge improvisation with Cooper-Moore & Stephen Gauci and No Horns, Thumbscrew interpreting the compositions of Anthony Braxton, and, new sounds from Anteloper and Michael Sarian. Also further investigation of the back catalogue of Felice Clemente, something old and something ...

The French Scene - Part 4

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

In this final installment of our exploration of today's French jazz scene, we focus on a number of projects that illustrate how beautifully French musicians blend their many influences, from troubadour music of the middle-ages to pop songs of the '60s and '70s, and interests, from Greek mythology to the M-Base collective, with jazz.

Jerry Granelli, Lisa Ullén, Rudresh Mahanthappa & Yells At Eels

By MAURICE HOGUE

Drummer extraordinaire Jerry Granelli says he doesn't look back too much, he'd prefer to move forward with his music, but with Jamie Saft and Brad Jones in tow, he decided the time was right to rediscover some of the tunes he played backing Vince Guaraldi and Mose Allison years back. A sample of his new album ...

Reflektor Manfred Eicher, Part 1

By LUCIANO ROSSETTI

A Jazz Immuno-Booster: Part 4

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

The immuno-booster series goes on... Here's another eclectic mixtape bringing you uplifting and soothing music recommended by jazz musicians. The fourth installment of this mix-tape series features selections by Nik Bartsch, Jamie Baum, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow, Alessandra Bossa, Jakob Bro, Moppa Elliott, Federica Michisanti, Chris Potter, Enrico Rava, Louis Sclavis, Mazz Swift ...

Sarah Murcia: Eyeballing

By VINCENZO ROGGERO

A poco più di vent'anni entra a far parte della Magic Malik Orchestra, formazione nella quale resterà per oltre due lustri. Poi la carriera di Sarah Murcia (studi classici di pianoforte e violoncello prima, il contrabbasso sotto la guida di Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark poi) apre nuovi orizzonti. Diviene apprezzata compositrice di musiche da film, teatro e danza ...

Manfred Eicher: ECM 50 at Centre Culturel Flagey, Brussels

By MARIO CALVITTI

This article first appeared at italia.allaboutjazz.com. ECM 50Centre Culturel FlageyBrussels, BelgiumNovember 21-24, 2019 During the year marking the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the German record company ECM, there have been numerous music festivals in Europe and America dedicated to the official celebration of the event. One of ...

Tower Jazz Composers Orch. & Daniel Bernardes

By MAURICE HOGUE

Improvisation is the core of clarinetist Ben Goldberg's Good Day For Cloud Fishing, and not just the music. His fascination with poet Dean Young's work led to the creation of this album where the trio of Goldberg, Nels Cline and Ron Miles improvised upon a musical sketch that Goldberg wrote based upon one of Young's poems. ...

Steve Swell, Ziv Taubenfeld & Ivo Perelman

By MAURICE HOGUE

This episode carries on from the previous, playing music from a some of the important independent labels that keep creative music alive. ESP-Disk has been around, survived one crash in the 80s, and is still releasing great music. Son Of Local Colour is a 50-year-later follow up to English pianist Peter Lemer's original Local Colour album ...