Reviews
chroniques de CD, DVD
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AVERAGE / MOYEN |
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GOOD / BON |
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VERY GOOD / TRES BON |
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GREAT / COUP DE COEUR |
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A MUST / INDISPENSABLE |
Latest Reviews L’actu des chroniques
| Jazz |
The New York Second – Room for Other People
These eleven pieces draw upon the themes of Vivian Maier’s photographs. “The New York Second” offers a work that will undoubtedly appeal to jazz enthusiasts and classical music lovers alike.
| Americana |
JOHNNY DELAWARE – Para Llevar
L’enregistrement de ces dix nouveaux titres s’est réalisé en sept lieux différents, répartis entre Charleston, Athens en Georgie et Mexico, et variant du studio ad hoc à la chambre d’hôtel de passage.
| Jazz |
Kenny Wheeler Legacy – Some Days Are Better
Gone in 2014, the composer and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler left behind a body of work that is both remarkable in its scope and exceptional in its quality.
| Jazz |
Dann Zinn – Two Roads (ENG review)
Musically, Two Roads represents a bold stylistic evolution. The album explores a wide array of musical traditions that have shaped Zinn’s unmistakably original voice, both as a composer and performer.
| Blues-Rock |
Salah Khaïli – Out Of The Blues
Etabli à Paris depuis une trentaine d’années, Salah Khaïli est à la fois batteur, auteur-compositeur, interprète et producteur, exerçant ces talents dans les registres blues, rock, jazz, funk, world et chanson française.
| Jazz |
Rebecca Coupe Franks – Landscape Suites For Trompettes
For this project, the composer and trumpeter chose to collaborate with a small chamber orchestra, resulting in a touching, harmonious work structured into seven tableaux—a pleasure to hear.
| Funk, Soul |
CYMANDE – Renascence
Ces hérauts de maints Blaxploitation scores nous reviennent à présent avec un plein album original (sous la houlette des membres fondateurs le guitariste Patrick Patterson et le bassiste Steve Scipio…)
| Rock |
GYASI – Here Comes The Good Part
Le phénomène néo-glam américain nous revient, toujours chaussé de ses platform shoes et en tenue lamée rouge vif rétro-futuriste. Dans le registre reconstitution historique, Gyasi signe cette fois son coup de maître.
| Jazz |
Natsuki Tamura – Keiji Haino – What Happened Here?
The poetry lends the album its charm, honoring us with its presence when it fills the space, confronts the sound, or becomes sound itself.
| Jazz |
Sakoto Fujii GEN – Altitude 1100 Metters
Here, we find ourselves immersed in one of the most radical forms of art, closer to the realm of 20th-century contemporary classical music than to jazz.
| Jazz |
Eugenie Jones – Eugenie
Renowned for expanding the audience for jazz, Jones weaves moving narratives into universal themes that reflect shared human experiences across geographic and cultural boundaries.
| Jazz |
Jerry Kalaf – Safe Travels
Radiant, Jubilant, and Deeply Melodic… There is a luminous, almost symphonic quality to the melodic approach here—compositions rich with meaning, verging on literary, if not entirely so.
| Jazz |
Joe Elefante – Joe Elefante’s Wheel Of Dharma
Joe Elefante’s Wheel of Dharma earns a well-deserved three stars, justified by the quality of its interpreters.
| BD |
LAWMEN OF THE WEST
Lawmen Of The West, quatrième western de la saga “Go West” qui a su réinventer le genre de l’album collectif, nous conte quatorze histoires authentiques de fiers-à-bras au colt rapide et au verbe rare…
| Chicago Blues |
GILES ROBSON & JOHN PRIMER – Ten Chicago Blues Classics
Sans tapage ni esbroufe superflus, ces deux Maîtres de leurs instruments respectifs témoignent non seulement de leur totale imprégnation de l’art de leurs modèles, mais communiquent en sus le plaisir manifeste qu’ils prirent à l’exercice.
| Jazz |
Erik Jekabson – Breakthrough (ENG review)
Trumpeter, composer, and arranger, Jekabson crafts a universe as fascinating in its orchestral, vocal, and rhythmic dimensions as it is in its daring conception.
| Livre |
Et le diable a surgi – La vraie vie de Robert Johnson
Cet excellent bouquin corrige quantité d’erreurs, approximations et affabulations concernant celui que l’on désigne encore de nos jours comme le plus grand musicien du country-blues originel.
| Chanson, Pop |
EDWARD BARROW – Manzatore
Aussi audacieux que finalement hors du temps, un exercice poético-pop qui excite nos papilles avec son goût de trop-peu. Vivement la suite!
| BD |
Civilisations T.01 – Crète
Après “Aliénor, La Légende Noire” (2012, Delcourt), le tandem Carlos Gómez/ Simona Mogavino nous invite à redécouvrir les histoires souches de notre identité culturelle.
| Jazz |
Red Gazelle Trio – On a Human Level (ENG review)
Beyond the aesthetic pursuit of intricate compositions, it is the sonic qualities and ingenious musical arrangements that set the tone for this oeuvre.
| Jazz |
Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Ramon Lopez – Yama Kawa Umi
This album offers listeners a profound sonic experience. For those well-versed in jazz, classical music, and improvised traditions, it stands as one of the most monumental and significant achievements ever realized.
| Jazz |
Petra Onderuf – Add Odd Time Of Day (ENG review)
An album where the guiding thread is undoubtedly universal poetry. Though undeniably Slavic, Petra Onderuf and her quartet immerse us in an intellectual realm that unfolds a cascade of poetic expressions.
| World Jazz |
Tomás Martín López – Right Here (ENG review)
Deeply rooted in jazz, adhering to its traditions, it is enriched by the vibrant seasoning of percussion, lending a particularly joyous aura to compositions and arrangements.
| Jazz |
Rick Roe – Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill
This album will undoubtedly appeal to an audience that cherishes a very classical approach to jazz.
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