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Olivier Le Goas

Olivier Le Goas drums, composition Born in the Oise France Olivier Le Goas to start learning drums at the age of 13. Graduate of from Dante Agostini Drums School Paris in 1987, Olivier Le Goas play intensely with Eric LOHRER and Laurent Camuzat until 1993 (more than 250 concerts). Student and li- ving in NYC in 2003, he play and record with musician as Olivier Ker Ourio, “Light” Laurent Cugny's Big Band, Jean-Michel Pilc quintet, Kenny Wheeler, Drew Gress, Ralph Alessi, Jason Linder, Avishai Cohen (trp) among other. In 2015 he brought Nir Felder Kevin Hays and Phil Donkin to Bauer Studio Ludwigsburg to record his new album Reciprocity released on NeuKlang in September 2016, with which receives an excellent reception of the press (Fours and half Start - DownBeat / 4-star All About Jazz).

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Olivier Le Goas & Reciprocity: Onramp Of Heaven Dreams

Read "Onramp Of Heaven Dreams" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


A blindfolded spin of French drummer Olivier Le Goas & Reciprocity's Onramp Of Heaven Dreams says the spirit of guitarist Pat Metheny is hanging around. The lineup—guitar, piano, bass and drums—mirrors that of Metheny's early ECM Records such as Watercolors (1977) and American Garage (1979), and the disc's title itself nods to Metheny's Offramp (ECM Records,1982). This in the year 2020, when Metheny released a career highlight, From this Place (Nonesuch Records). Olivier's sound has a clean, sharp-edged ...

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Olivier Le Goas: Reciprocity

Read "Reciprocity" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Matt Cibula, writing for All About Jazz, wondered in his review of French drummer Olivier Le Goas' Gravitation (Altrisuoni, 2007): “Who the heck is Olivier Le Goas...?" indicating perhaps a paucity of information about the leader, even in this day of Internet info overload. Nine years later there still isn't much on-line scoop about the man. So we go with the music. Gravitation, an all-star quartet affair featuring guitarist John Abercrombie, trumpeter Ralph Alessi and bassist Drew Gress, ...

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Olivier Le Goas Quartet: Gravitations

Read "Gravitations" reviewed by Matt Cibula


Who the heck is Olivier Le Goas, and why do you need to know about him, like, tout de suite?

The 39-year-old drummer, who's much better known in Europe than he is here, has studied classical music, has led trios and other groups in his native France, and has even played in New York with some of the hippest guys around.

Gravitations should serve as his coming-out party. It's full of ambitious and spiky hard bop compositions, played with what ...

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Reciprocity (Neuklang Records)

«It’s hard not to be impressed by French drummer- composer Olivier Le Goas. His penchant for cascading harmonic movement on his eight original compositions here is matched by a crackling approach to the kit that can only be described as “creative overplaying.” …Great writing, superb execution and inspired soloing make this one highly recommend.»

* Bill Milkowski – DownBeat 4 1/2 Stars.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Onramp Of Heaven...

Challenge Records
2020

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Reciprocity

Neuklang Records
2016

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Seven Ways

Calibrated
2009

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Gravitations

Altrisuoni
2007

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