Artist.......: Jeannette Lambert
Album........: Sand Underfoot
Label........: Jazz From Rant
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: RANT 0631
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-25-2007
str.date.....: Apr-25-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.nette.ca/sand/
track title time
01. Sand Underfoot 07:39
02. Beautiful Desert 03:31
03. Breakfast and Lunch 03:00
04. Theo's Pace 06:26
05. Rim of Fire Suite, I 04:33
06. Rim of Fire Suite, II 06:38
07. Rim of Fire Suite, III 03:02
08. Rim of Fire Suite, IV 06:12
09. Mountain Slide 03:42
10. Endless Walk 04:00
11. Desert Ride 02:31
12. Between Us 02:36
13. Provocation 04:11
Runtime 58:01 min
Size 78,8 MB
Release Notes:
Montreal-based poet/jazz vocalist Jeannette
Lambert's seventh recording as a leader, Sand
Underfoot features longtime collaborators, bassist
Barre Phillips and drummer Michel Lambert, and
special guest, pianist Paul Bley.
Review by Francois Couture
Some people like their female jazz singers torch
song-like, while others go for the divas. But
perhaps you have a sweet spot for flexible voices
that remain natural sounding (instead of trying to
cram unlikely amounts of feeling in every
syllable), along with a fondness for singers who
have mastered extended techniques and who have the
gracefulness to leave ample room to their
musicians. If so, then Jeannette Lambert should
fill that sweet spot wonderfully well. Sand
Underfoot is a top-notch session involving the
singer's husband, drummer Michel Lambert, and two
avant-garde jazz legends in bassist Barre Phillips
and pianist Paul Bley. The four of them appear as a
quartet on only one track, the entirely improvised
"Theo's Pace." The other 12 pieces feature various
smaller lineups, ranging from an a cappella song
and percussion solos to various duos and trios,
some of them without the singer. The undisputable
standout track is "Sand Underfoot," a sweet, almost
na∩ve song starting as a vocals/drum duo, with Bley
stepping in halfway through. It sums up all of this
album's delicateness, creativity, and telepathic
interaction. Other highlights include "Endless
Walk," featuring the same trio, the bass/drums duo
"Mountain Slide," and the four-part suite "Rim of
Fire," built around a moving poem about Indonesia.
Despite its cast of experienced improvisers and its
"instant composition" qualities, Sand Underfoot
remains firmly anchored in jazz, if only by
Jeannette Lambert's deep understanding of jazz
singing and Michel Lambert's flexible free swing,
so there is no need to be afraid. The enhanced
portion of the CD includes a home movie for the
title track.