Results for "Michel Lambert"

Michel Lambert

Born to a family synonymous with classical music in his native Quebec, Lambert studied drums and composition at Boston's Berklee College of Music, attended workshops in Paris, and studied privately with saxophonist/composer Dave Liebman in New York and pianist/ composer Misha Mengelberg in Amsterdam. Since his first professional engagement with pianist/composer Milcho Leviev's trio in 1983, he has recorded extensively and performed hroughout Asia, Canada, Europe and the United States. Accomplished as both a composer and visual artist, excerpts from his first orchestral work, “Le Journal Des Episodes,” were premiered in 1992 by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and his oil paintings earned him a commission from the Canada Council to illustrate a 4-CD compilation of Canadian music to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations

Elements

By François Carrier

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

Cale Brandley & Triptych Myth and Philip Zoubek

by Maurice Hogue
December 26, 2018

Master drummer Andrew Cyrille turned 79 in November. His wonderful new recording Lebroba, following on the heels of his acclaimed The Declaration of Musical Independence proves age has little to do with creativity. You'll hear two tracks from the new release which features Bill Frisell and Wadada Leo Smith, another septuagenarian at peak powers.

Alom Mola

By Michel Lambert

Label: Jazz from Rant
Released: 2017
Track listing: Caravaggio ténèbres et lumières: Duel de la Vie; Pierre Le Vral; Fourmis et Gravier; Impossibles Couleurs; Mort d’Avenel; Mort de Jarczyk; Liquide et Cire; Prisonnier et Cuit; Mille huit fenêtres ; Les cahiers de Barcelone: Tesoros del Raval; Sense el Vilallonga; Gaudi cançò; Cant de l’escamarlà; Sant Josep de la Boqueria; Musique du temps du rêve ; Alom molA.

Francois Carrier: Out Of Silence

by Mark Corroto
November 17, 2017

There is this phenomena that is becoming apparent (at least to me) in the music of free jazz musicians. It is a deep-rooted insecurity. First I thought it was a component of the music, a certain stability in instability. But spinning the latest release from saxophonist François Carrier and drummer Michel Lambert, one gets the sense ...

Suoni Per Il Popolo 2017

by Mike Chamberlain
June 28, 2017

Casa del Popolo, Sala Rossa, La Vitrola Suoni Per Il Popolo Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 1-24, 2017 This year's edition of the Suoni per il Popolo, or Suoni as it is popularly known, was the 17th since the inception of Mauro Pezzente and Kiva Stimac's Casa del Popolo mini-empire, which also ...

Michel Lambert: Alom Mola

by John Eyles
May 10, 2017

Michel Lambert is probably best known as a jazz and improvising drummer, most familiar from his recordings with fellow Canadian and saxophonist François Carrier, made since the turn of the millennium. However, there are other sides to Lambert that are not immediately obvious from that work. He has released several albums of his own compositions on ...

Francois Carrier: The Joy of Being

by John Sharpe
April 12, 2017

Canadian reedman Francois Carrier and drummer Michel Lambert enjoy a fertile alliance. They first met back in 1998, when they invited the great Dewey Redman to join them. Since then they've waxed no fewer than 12 discs either in duet or together with other guests and collaborators. On The Joy Of Being they team up with ...

Francois Carrier: Freedom is Space for the Spirit

by Budd Kopman
February 2, 2017

Saxophonist Francois Carrier had quite a week in late May of 2014. It began when he and his long-time percussionist Michel Lambert played with bassist John Edwards and pianist Steve Beresford at the Vortex Jazz Club in London on May 25th and ended with the duo performing with acoustic bassist Rafal Mazur at the Alchemia Jazz ...

Francois Carrier: The Joy of Being

by Budd Kopman
February 1, 2017

Continuing their world travels, the team of reedman Francois Carrier and percussionist Michel Lambert again meet acoustic bassist Rafal Mazur, almost a year to the day from the recording of Unknowable at the Alchemia Jazz Klub in Krakow, Poland to create The Joy Of Being.Much of what can be said about “spontaneous" jazz in ...