a r t i s t : Joelle Leandre, Francois Houle, Georg Graewe
t i t l e : Live @ Banlieues Bleues
d a t e : 1996
l a b e l : Red Toucan
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2008
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 66,1 MB
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Joelle Leandre : bass
Francois Houle : clarinet
Georg Graewe : piano
Recorded on April 11th, 1996
All compositions:
Leandre/Houle/Graewe
except 'Cracks and Clouds'
by Georg Graewe
Red Toucan is a Montreal jazz label that has recently
acquired US distribution. This release, the sixth in the Open
Fields series, is exceptional; if the others possess
comparable quality, it'll be a pleasure to encounter them.The
clarinet-piano-bass combo creates fascinating problems -
instruments so opposed that blend and balanced volume are
difficult to achieve, as is the appearance of ensemble flow.
These players - Canadian clarinetist Francois Houle, German
pianist Georg Graewe, and French superstar bassist Joelle
Leandre - have virtuoso techniques and questing spirits. Three
successive tracks lay out the stylistic range. Aizi is almost
indecently gorgeous. Graewe opens with Bley-like turns of
phrase and suspended harmonies; Houle blows a ravishing
melody, supported by Leandre's grandly bowed chords. A
Parisian traffic jam follows in Demonique - Houle's agitated
honking and Leandre's furiously sawed bass. Qalam wrests
coherence from unrelated events: a squeaking bass string,
heavily pedaled runs from the keyboard's extremes, Leandre's
keening vocal, fluttering clarinet tones. Nobody should be
discouraged by the 'live' designation; sound this immediate
and subtle would honor any studio session. The reverent
audience doesn't utter a peep until the closing applause ù
which for once seems entirely justified.
Walt Mundkowsky - La Folia
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01-bei-spiel [05:49]
02-halos [03:02]
03-from limbo [02:58]
04-aizi [03:28]
05-demonique [01:31]
06-qalam [04:34]
07-such as it is [03:20]
08-shekinah [03:40]
09-let the thus be [04:08]
10-anaphora [04:02]
11-cracks and clouds [03:00]
12-lumiere irreparable de l'aurore [08:12]
13-aizman [05:03]
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52:47 min