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Paratonnerre

Label: Umlaut Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Prologue; L'Etranger; L'eau verte; Hawaii; Les Eaux Froides; Taksim; Ombre; Nina; De Vous; Comète; Surf- Soda; Taksim Perturbé; Réflexion; En moi j'ai deux âmes; Liberté.

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Spires

By Bertrand Denzler

Label: Umlaut Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Spires; Azimuths.

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Griffure: Paratonnerre

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by John Eyles
June 21, 2024

Oddly, Paratonnerre is the first album release from the duo Griffure which comprises Léonore Grollemund who plays cello, sings and composes, and Amaryllis Billet who plays violin, sings and composes. Since adolescence, the partnership of Grollemund and Billet has been a field of experimentation involving voice and composition. Griffure is the result and continuation of that ...

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Zodiac Suite – Mary Lou Williams

By Pierre-antoine Badaroux

Label: Umlaut Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Introduction; I. Aries; II. Taurus; III. Gemini; IV. Cancer: V. Leo; VI. Virgo; VII. Libra; VIII. Scorpio; IX. Sagittarius; X. Capricorn; XI. Aquarius; XII. Pisces.

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Spires

By Bertrand Denzler

Label: Umlaut Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Spires; Azimuths.

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Umlaut Chamber Orchestra: Zodiac Suite – Mary Lou Williams

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by John Eyles
November 10, 2023

From 1942 until 1945, pianist Mary Lou William (1910-1981) wrote “Zodiac Suite," a twelve part composition in which each movement was named after a sign of the zodiac and was also dedicated to one or more renowned jazz musician born under that sign; for example, “Aries" was for Ben Webster and Billie Holiday, while “Libra" was ...

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Sbatax: Spires

by John Sharpe
July 10, 2023

On their third album the Swiss-French pairing of saxophonist Bertrand Denzler and drummer Antonin Gerbal dishes up a double helping of fiery free jazz. While Denzler revels in the exquisitely sparse detail of outfits such as the electro-acoustic Trio Sowari, he also has a track record in weightier realms--witness his contributions to Neuköllner Modelle with veteran ...

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May 2023

by Pat Youngspiel
May 24, 2023

Isaiah J. Thompson The Power of the Spirit Blue Engine Records 2023 Since finishing second in 2018's Thelonious Monk competition, pianist Isaiah J. Thompson has established a particularly convincing profile as one of New York's most promising keyboard artists, while his recordings have been at home on Jazz at Lincoln Center's ...

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SBATAX: Spires

by Mark Corroto
March 22, 2023

The current literature on training to improve one's physical fitness advises an 90/10 approach. Ninety percent of workouts, it is advised, you maintain zone 2 (elevated heart rate but with the ability to carry on a conversation) when say, running or cycling. The remaining ten percent of your workouts, you opt for HIIT (High Intensity Interval ...

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