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Jean-Nicholas Trottier
Jean-Nicholas Trottier: Quartet
by Raul d'Gama Rose
If anyone has learned Roswell Rudd's remarkable lesson in the infinitely mammalian voice simulations possible on the trombone, it's Jean-Nicholas Trottier. Quartet, Trottier's small ensemble record--earlier in 2009 he released his first, big band record--features the trombonist in almost splendid isolation, with only saxophonist Alexandre Côtè in play. Along with bassist Sébastien Pellerin and drummer Michel Berthiaume, they ride wave-after-wave of spectacular musical expedition. Trottier appears to harbor a chorus of voices in the six feet or ...
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