Deux Maisons

Deux Maisons: For Sale

by John Sharpe
November 12, 2015

The two houses name-checked in the outift's moniker refer to the twin countries represented by the string pairing of French brothers Théo and Valentin Ceccaldi and the Portuguese duo of trumpeter Luis Vicente and drummer Marco Franco. Vicente already boasts a well received previous disc in Clocks & Clouds (FMR, 2014) which matched both him and Franco with two thirds of the Red Trio, namely fellow countrymen pianist Ricardo Pinheiro and bassist Hernani Faustino. This release with its idiosyncratic group ...