Bozar

Bozar: Exposition

by Jim Santella
August 1, 1998

Bozar is guitarist Pierre Sainte-Marie, drummer Denis Durand, saxophonist Yves Adam, trumpeter Ivanhoe Jolicoeur, and trombonist Christopher B.J. Smith. At times fiery and intense, and at other times serene, the creative improvised music they've performed since 1984 can captivate one's imagination. This, their first album, was recorded at different performances with different personnel lineups between 1986 and 1996. Guitarist Sainte-Marie composed each piece, portions of which may be heard from http://www.dsuper.net/~bozar .

“Impasse," described in the liner notes and on ...