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Matthieu Bordenave: The Blue Land

Read "The Blue Land" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Getting across the great open land beneath big sky country is full of epic moments. The Blue Land, French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave's second for ECM, is that migrant's diary. As he so skillfully rendered on his 2020 ECM debut La Traversée, Bordenave again enters the studio conjoined with the assertive mood swings of bassist Patrice Moretand the rapidly moving divertimentos of pianist Florian Weber. Only this time he adds to that valorous energy the meatier, Art Blakey-like sentiments ...

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Matthieu Bordenave: La Traversée

Read "La Traversée" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


The French word La Traversée may equally refer to a crossing, a passage or a journey. Surely related yet with disparate meanings, the three terms have a sense of motion in common. How defined that motion is and whether it's backward, forward, or even sideways, remains unknown. The only thing for certain is its determination to lead from one point to another, much like a river flowing from its source to the ocean--"River" being the title that bookends French saxophonist ...

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The Blue Land

ECM Records
2024

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La Traversée

ECM Records
2020

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Open That Door

Point of Departure, WMPG-FM
2007

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La Porte Entrouverte

From: The Blue Land
By Patrice Moret

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