Tra gli strumenti più votati (e personalmente preferiti) per l’improvvisazione solista perché portatore di un suono molto caldo, espressivo e malleabile, il contrabbasso è il protagonista assoluto di questi due album dall’ispirazione e dai risultati molto diversi. […] Il differente approccio dei due strumentisti si può intuire anche dalla lunghezza media dei pezzi
Associés au début des années 80 au sein de
Bassiste de son état,
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,
Forty years after he arrived on the scene,
Étiquette emblématique de la musique actuelle, Ambiances Magnétiques est sur le point de devenir la référence en matière de jazz contemporain au Québec. Pour son troisième album pour ce label, le guitariste