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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Something Like Now

Read "Something Like Now" reviewed by Ken Franckling

by Ken Franckling
October 15, 2005

France's twin brother jazz combination, bassist François and drummer Louis Moutin, have just released their third Moutin Reunion Quartet recording in six years since the unit was formed as a showcase for their swinging, original compositions. It's another bop-rooted contemporary odyssey that is delightful in its scope and focus. The band is rounded out by pianist ...

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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Something Like Now

Read "Something Like Now" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
September 30, 2005

Those twins are at it again: producing some fine jazz. Paris-born bassist François and drummer Louis Moutin continue their brand of in your face (more correctly in your ear) jazz that sharply illustrates of contemporary bop sensibilities. Previous recordings and extensive gigs in Europe and the US have earned them respect among critics and fans as ...

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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Something Like Now

Read "Something Like Now" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 3, 2005

When twin brothers François and Louis Moutin brought their Moutin Reunion Quartet to this year's Ottawa International Jazz Festival, it was one of those surprise performances that created an immediate buzz amongst festival-goers. The intensely powerful quartet played with the kind of total engagement that grabbed the audience from the first note. While most people didn't ...

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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Something Like Now

Read "Something Like Now" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
August 23, 2005

Louis and François Moutin are French-born twin brothers who play drums and bass. Since '97, when François relocated from Paris to New York, they've been separated by a few thousand miles, but have managed periodically to get together to tour and record as the Moutin Reunion Quartet. Saxophonist Rick Margitza joined the lineup in '04 for ...

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Red Moon

By The Moutin Reunion Quartet

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: La Mer, Red Moon, Apollo 13, Soraya, Jazz Married, Taking Off, Sailing Through the Clouds, New-York Silly, Elle Aime, Stompin' at the Savoy

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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Red Moon

by AAJ Staff
February 15, 2004

The first thing that grabs you when you pick up Red Moon is the design of the case, a clever cardboard entity with a cool circular hole that can give you every phase of the moon when you rotate the disc inside. Spend a few seconds playing with that, and then get into the music. This ...

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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Red Moon

Read "Red Moon" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
January 19, 2004

Avant-garde music is not my cup of tea: I usually find it dark and formless, and the more “out" it goes, the faster I turn it off. But when I heard the opening track here, a bass and drum derangement of “La Mer," I was struck by how playful it could be. Same thing for the ...

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Power Tree

By The Moutin Reunion Quartet

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: La Vie en Rose; Free Climbing; Africa; Flying Bridge; Toutes Directions; Je M'suis Fait Tout P'tit; Les Copains D'abord/Le Gorille; A Batons Rompus; Song for a Cat.

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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Power Tree

Read "Power Tree" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2002

Identical twin brothers François and Louis Moutin know a lot about a lot of things. Theirs is a story that would give any parent room to mutter aloud with mixed emotions. While their mother played piano and guitar for the developing twins, their father taught them to enjoy his vast jazz record collection. François learned to ...

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Moutin Reunion Quartet: Power Tree

Read "Power Tree" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 1, 2002

Jazz siblings such as Monty and Larry Alexander; Jimmy, Percy and Tootie Heath, and of course, George and Ira Gershwin share a unique bond of family and music kinship. It's even more unique to learn how a set of twins that grew up in an environment surrounded by jazz music, have earned a PHD in Physics ...