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Yaron Herman: An Urgent Need to Play
by Jean-Marc Gelin
Pianist Yaron Herman, an Israeli now living in Paris, is one of the most talented artists of the Parisian jazz musical scene. He was a promising basketball player on the Israeli national junior team when he was cut short by a knee injury. He then decided to take up playing the piano at age 16. His ...
Miroslav Vitous Group /w Michel Portal: Remembering Weather Report
by John Kelman
On the surface, Remembering Weather Report possesses little in common with the fusion supergroup that Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous co-founded in the early '70s with keyboardist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, before being summarily removed on the cusp of greater commercial success. Weather Report was a decidedly electric group; Vitous' is unapologetically acoustic, and doesn't ...
Michel Portal: Meanings, Feelings and Rivers
by Clifford Allen
Born in 1935 in Bayonne, France, reedman Michel Portal has the unique position of being one of the architects of modern European jazz and having a hand in some of the most significant shifts in modern classical music. Portal, along with pianist Francois Tusques, trumpeter Bernard Vitet, drummer Charles Saudrais and tenor man Barney Wilen, embraced ...
Concerts
Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Tango pour Claude; Taraf; Giselle; Little Tango; Oblivion; Chorinho pra Ele; Ivan Ivanovitch Kossiakof; Viaggio; Libertango; Indifference; Mozambique; Face to Face; J.F.; Beija Flor.
Michel Portal & Richard Galliano: Concerts
by Jim Santella
The duo of Michel Portal and Richard Galliano has brought us a decade of great mainstream jazz with a unique flavor. It's the accordion that makes their performances stand apart. By taking their audience on a tour of France, Argentina, and other exotic vacation spots, they continue to thrill. Portal moves fluidly with intense emotions, as ...
Arriverderci Le Chouartse
Label: Hat Hut Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Arrivederci; La Chouartse I; La Chouartse II.
Michel Portal: Arriverderci Le Chouartse
by A. Henkin
Up until 1965 or so, the European jazz sound took most its cues from the States, its sizeable share of proficient and prolific jazz musicians lacking a unique identity. The infancy of “European Jazz" was perhaps inspired by the successes of natives like saxophonist John Tchicai and trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, along with Americans like Eric Dolphy ...
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