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Michel Portal
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Composer Michel Portal also plays the clarinet, the saxophone and the small accordion or bandonion. A musician whom it is difficult to classify because he offers so much across arange of categories, Michel Portal is one of those extraordinary characterswho is just as at home with classical works " Mozart, Brahms, Schumann,Berg " as he is with contemporary music where he has performed for Boulez,Stockhausen, Berio, Kagel and Globokar among others. When the Free movement in France began, Portal became a founder member of the New Phonic Art group, along with the trombone player Bernard Vitet, pianist François Tusques and the drummer Sunny Murray, which based its ideas on collective improvisation, the quest for particular sounds and instant output
Mountain Call
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1. "New Energy"
2. "Second Touch"
3. "On The Way"
4. "Unexpected Solutions"
5. "Tribal Dance"
6. "Rehearsal In Theatre"
7. "Discussion"
8. "Epilog"
9. "Delusion"
10. "Evolution: Path Begins"
11. "Evolution: Nature Opening"
12. "Evolution: Fulfillment Final"
13. "Rhapsody: In You"
14. "Rhapsody: Fun And Games"
15. "Rhapsody: Africa"
16. "Rhapsody: In Me"
17. "Rhapsody: Lullaby"
18. "Mountain Call"
Quelques Notes Sur La Liberté
Label: Mélisande Films
Released: 2026
Track listing: Je Commence Quelque Chose Là ?; Des Croisements Que Je Cherche; Quelque Chose Qui Sort De L'Âme; Elle Vit, Elle Me Ressemble; Jouer Avec La Force; J'Ai Envie De Chanter Ça; Dans La Musique, Il Faut...; Des Trucs Sauvages !; On Peut Continuer; On Va Voir...; Que Ça Vole !; Entendre Des Sons Et Être Tout De Suite Avec Eux; Comme Si Quelqu'Un Parle À L'Autre; Improvisation Tranquille; Tu Vois C'Est Ça Qu'Il Faut !; Échauffement; D'Accord !; Bienheureux.
Bill Dixon, Fay Victor, Szilárd Mezei Octet, Horace Tapscott and More
by Jon Greenbaum
In this archived radio transmission we get down with a variety of tasty post bop, free improvisation, experimental sound and through composed beauties. You're right! Here it is corrected:Playlist Luis Gasca “Street Dude" from For Those Who Chant (Blue Thumb Records) 00:00:00 Marty Ehrlich “The Folksinger" from Cartographies of Flight (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 00:11:44 ...
New Music from Smith, Wendel, Fraser, Sweenie & More
by Bob Osborne
This selection offers a sophisticated journey through the expansive landscape of contemporary and classic jazz, seamlessly blending intricate post-bop textures with avant-garde exploration and orchestral grandeur. From the evocative, cinematic atmospheres to the raw, legendary improvisations, the tracks traverse a broad spectrum of emotional and technical brilliance. Modern leaders provide a fresh dialogue between tradition and ...
Michel Portal: Echoes of a Master
by Ludovico Granvassu
A heartfelt tribute to Michel Portal, a rare artist equally at home in jazz and classical music, a prolific film composer, fearless improviser, and true multi-instrumentalist. Drawing on recordings made as leader, co-leader, and sideman, the episode traces a career that helped shape a distinctly European jazz voice--rooted in American traditions yet independent in spirit--while remaining ...
Martí Mitjavila: Somebody Nobody Loves
by Artur Moral
Jack Bowers, our esteemed elder statesman, made it quite clear in his article James Danderfer: If Not Now that the clarinet, once one of jazz's signature instruments, is currently experiencing hard times. But it is not all bad news. Whether on the formerly more popular soprano clarinet or the more solemn--and experimentation-friendly--bass clarinet, luminaries ...
Jason Stein: Anchors
by Giuseppe Segala
Il clarinetto basso vanta nel jazz contemporaneo una rosa di solisti eccellenti, a partire da Eric Dolphy, che ha letteralmente inventato un modo di interpretare lo strumento, di valorizzarne colori e incisività espressiva. Però la sua frequentazione, con lo stesso Dolphy e con personalità quali Michel Portal, John Surman, Vinny Golia, Marty Ehrlich, Don Byron, si ...
Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire
by Ian Patterson
Carla Bley, composer, arranger, free-jazz pioneer, band leader, pianist and independent, whose compositions became jazz standards, has died at the age of 87. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. Bley's most famous recording was her sprawling, genre-elusive triple album Escalator Over the Hill (JCOA Records, 1971). On the back of this ...
French Showcase at the 2023 European Jazz Conference
by Francesco Martinelli
Palais du Pharo/Théâtre La Criée European Jazz Conference Showcases Marseille, France September 14-17, 2023 The showcase program of the 9th European Jazz Conference (see separate article) was inaugurated in the comfortable Auditorium of the Palais du Pharo--the main venue of the conference--by the Orchid Big Band. Born inside the musical collective ...
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