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Olivier Le Goas & Reciprocity: Onramp Of Heaven Dreams
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 lineupguitar, piano, bass and drumsmirrors 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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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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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 ...
read more«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.