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Yves Rousseau Septet: Fragments

Read "Fragments" reviewed by Claudio Bonomi


Yves Rousseau, contrabbassista e compositore francese, è uno dei quei personaggi talmente poliedrici ed eclettici che è davvero difficile circoscrivere all'interno di un genere o uno stile. Classe 1961, vanta una carriera densa di lavori e, soprattutto, di incontri che lo hanno portato sulla retta via di un jazz contemporaneo, melodico, ibrido e sempre ricco di punti di partenza. Nel 1984, ancora alle prime armi, incontra Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark che gli insegna il suo metodo di apprendimento e nel ...

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Thomas Savy: The French Suite

Read "The French Suite" reviewed by Greg Simmons


Frenchman Thomas Savy seems intent on making a statement with his bass clarinet, and he's doing so in a challenging format: a trio, accompanied only by bass and drums. He's out of the gate running with French Suite. The bass clarinet is a terrific sounding instrument, with a big wooden resonance and dimensional texture, and it should be featured in jazz more frequently. There is a small, but significant body of work on the instrument, with Eric Dolphy ...

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Matias Carazzo
clarinet, bass

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Fragments

Yolk Records
2020

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Blue Archipel 2

Recorded
2013

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The French Suite

Plus Loin Music
2011

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French Suite

Recorded
2009

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The French Suite

Plus Loin Music
2009

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