Rêve éveillé in Le Devoir
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At first, Cordâme was a string trio, but Montreal bassist Jean-Félix Mailloux’s band keeps on growing in size. On Rêve éveillé, violin, cello and doublebass are joined by Guillaume Bourque’s clarinets, Annabelle Renzo’s harp, Isaiah Ceccarelli’s drumkit, and, most importantly, François Bourassa’s piano. Recorded live in March 2013, this new album features mostly new compositions (and the ones that were previously recorded have been rearranged). Mailloux’s music is growing closer and closer to John Zorn’s jazzier, mystical side
Enregistré entre 2010 et 2013 dans trois lieux différents de Montréal (Église Saint-Zotique, Studio Oboro et Espace InQuiet),
Pour l’occasion,
Est-ce purement improvisé
Three new releases from
In a more sophisticated context we hear
Tour de Bras is also the driving force behind the festival Rencontres de Musiques Spontanées, with the large improvisational collective ensemble called
Reed sections have been part of jazz’s performing vernacular since its earliest days. But only with the freedom that arose with modern improvised music in the 1960s were the woodwinds able to stand on their own. In the right hands, with the right ideas, a group consisting only of saxophones and/or clarinets can produce satisfying sounds that don’t need the intervention of a rhythm section or even brass for additional colors. All of the fine discs here demonstrate that. […]
The difference may result from geography or personality, but in sharp contrast to the concentration on solemn experimentation which characterize the
In trio or larger formations, each of these CDs confirms the long-term viability of woodwind groups creating exhilarating sounds.