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Philippe Lauzier, saxophones, Miles Perkin, doublebass, and Thom Gossage, drums, will be at the Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on
Il Canada francofono ha ormai da tempo un occhio sul jazz ben più prossimo a quello dei cugini francesi che non dei dirimpettai americani. […] Il più felice è senz’altro
Giovani, tecnicamente dotati, ascoltatori trasversali della musica,
Audacious as well as artful, this Montréal disc shows what can result when free improvisation meshes with knowledge of notated New music. Architecturally organized, the nine originals and two “covers” make up an exceptional version of chamber music that avoids fussy inversion and directionless jamming.
One indication of the trio’s fearlessness is that the “covers” are of compositions by
Confirming their innovative thinking, the three follow a clarinet-plucked bass-and-drum reading of
Probably the best example of their mature talents is
A 21st Century advance on jazz chamber music,