What I like about it: This recording displays a masterful balance between simmering tension and explosive volatility, and I like how the tonal and emotional shifts it incites resonate like mad. I like how this music barely maintains its structure at times, and then suddenly dives deep into a melodic inspiration, thereby giving sharp definition to everything in that moment and all that has passed.
Your album personnel: Paul Jarret (guitar), Maxence Ravelomanantsoa (tenor sax), Léo Pellet (trombone), Alexandre Perrot (double bass), Ariel Tessier (drums), Isabel Sörling (voice) and Jozef Dumoulin (Fender rhodes).
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Artist: Awake Album: Aubes et Crépuscules Label: Jazz & People Style: Modern post-bop Favorite Track: “Rêverie” Music from: Paris, France What I like about it: I like how little hints of a folk-jazz sound pop up from time to time, and how they accentuate the modern sound with something…
Dec 18 2018
Album of the Day: “I Told the Little Bird” by Pj5
Album: I Told the Little Bird
Label: Jazz & People
Style: Lullaby-jazz / Alarm-clock-rock fusion
Favorite Track: “Peaceful Struggle”
Music from: Paris, France
What I like about it: This recording displays a masterful balance between simmering tension and explosive volatility, and I like how the tonal and emotional shifts it incites resonate like mad. I like how this music barely maintains its structure at times, and then suddenly dives deep into a melodic inspiration, thereby giving sharp definition to everything in that moment and all that has passed.
Your album personnel: Paul Jarret (guitar), Maxence Ravelomanantsoa (tenor sax), Léo Pellet (trombone), Alexandre Perrot (double bass), Ariel Tessier (drums), Isabel Sörling (voice) and Jozef Dumoulin (Fender rhodes).
Available at: Amazon | Bandcamp
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