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Clearlight: Impressionist Symphony
by Glenn Astarita
French keyboardist Cyrille 'Clearlight' Verdeaux's 1974 issued Clearlight Symphony is purportedly a venerated gem by many progressive rock enthusiasts. Here, the artist celebrates the 40th anniversary of the initial release with a new venture, featuring the original cast of GONG band-mates, Steve Hillage (guitar), Tim Blake (synth, Theremin) and Didier Malherbe (reeds). Verdeaux asked the trio ...
Moutin Factory Quintet: Lucky People
by Hrayr Attarian
The Moutin brothers bassist François and drummer Louis co-lead their Moutin Factory Quintet on the delightfully engaging Lucky People, their first release with the above group. The intricately crafted tunes deftly interweave individual spontaneous expressions within each thematic framework bringing a stimulatingly dramatic sense to the music. On the darkly simmering “Conflict," pianist Thomas ...
Yvonnick Prene: Wonderful World
by Ian Patterson
Before arriving in New York in 2007, Paris-born harmonica player Yvonnick Prené had already gained schooling of the practical kind, touring and recording with pianists Laurent Cugny and Yaron Herman, and trumpeter Alex Tassel. Prené hit the ground running in the States, winning several scholarships that enabled him to study with saxophonist Lee Konitz, bassist John ...
Christian Vander's Offering Concert Triton 2013 Double CD And DVD Set Now Available
Paris, France - Much to the excitement of Christian Vander and Magma fans worldwide, Seventh Records is releasing Offering 'Concert Triton 2013' 2-CD/DVD! In 1983, motivated by the strong artistic impulse to return to his “Coltrane” roots, with a sound that's more flexible than MAGMA, Christian Vander created “Offering”; a new ensemble that focused on vocals, ...
Jean-Louis Matinier / Marco Ambrosini: Inventio
by John Kelman
By this point heading for longstanding status with ECM Records, it's always intriguing to follow an artist through the label's discography, as one relationship seems to lead, inevitably, to another. While French accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier made his first appearance with the label on fellow Frenchman Louis Sclavis' Dans La Nuit (2000), it was his tenure with ...
Magos Herrera: Rebirth in New York
by Gabriel Medina Arenas
New York City became the new jazz mecca during the 1920s, when many top jazz musicians from Chicago and the rest of the U.S. migrated to the Big Apple. Jazz musicians from around the globe moved there every decade, knowing New York has some of the top jazz venues in the world, a dozen jazz festivals, ...
Bojan Z & Julien Lourau Seek Crowd Funding For New Recording
After 25 years of lively collaboration and friendship, pianist/keyboardist Bojan Z and saxophonist Julien Lourau are going to record their duo! The duo was created at the Pannonica Club in Nantes, France, at the end of last century, in 1997 to be precise. Some of you still remember this perhaps. 17 years later, it seems relevant ...
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, ...
Le Tricycle: Le Tricycle
by Glenn Astarita
French pianist Jean-Rene Mourot and associates kindle an invigorating forum on this 32-minute length production. Kicking off the young record label, the trio makes a hearty musical statement with rambunctious risk-taking, counterbalanced by plush melodies, classical movements and orthodox modern jazz fare. “Kyrielle" commences with bassist Adam Lanfrey's lower register ostinato and saxophonist Michael ...
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