JOELLE LÉANDRE STONE QUARTET LIVE IN MANS 2009

Director: Jean-Marc Birraux

Year: 2009

Time: 54 mins

Music

Joelle Léandre - Bass

Marilyn Crispell - Paino

Roy Campbell - Trumpets, Flute

Carlos Zíngaro - Violin

Eye of Sound: There is something different about Léandre's projects, something that distinguishes it from most strands of improv. Though "accepted" in some modern jazz circles, her music seems to constantly avoid coming into close contact with the genre's conventions. This exciting concert recorded last year in Mans for the Europa Jazz Festival seems to prove the point. The quartet floats around a "chamber music" setting and despite the intense energy of the instrumentation, it rarely seems to border on jazz territory. The alternation between solo, duo, trio and quartet formations creates different landscapes, allowing multiple contrasting possibilities. Most importantly, this a spacious performance, in that each instrument is allowed enough room to breathe on its own without intruding on one another's acoustic space. As George Lewis once said, a musician who forgets to listen is just as good as a blind painter.

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