Apr 10 2019
Album of the Day: Cordâme – “Debussy Impressions”
Artist: Cordâme
Album: Debussy Impressions
Label: Malasartes Musique
Style: Chamber
Favorite Track: “Fougères”
Music from: Montreal, Québec
What I like about it: I adore how the piano and rhythm sections parallel the exhilarating swoop and soaring motions of the string section without actually mimicking it… as if a single murmuration were comprised of two groups of starlings, separated only by distance, not trajectory. I like how easy it is to just melt into this music, to let the world drop away and simply immerse myself into the embrace of its beauty.
Other notes: A search on bassist Jean Félix Mailloux will lead to some other excellent music. The wonderful 2014 Cordâme release Rêve éveillé is a collaboration with pianist François Bourassa. Also check out Bomata Trio and their 2013 release Aromes d’Ailleurs, which was also really pretty wonderful.
Your album personnel: Jean Félix Mailloux (bass), Marie Neige Lavigne (violin), Sheila Hannigan (cello), Guillaume Martineau (piano), Éveline Grégoire-Rousseau (harp) and Mark Nelson (percussion).
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Apr 12 2019
Album of the Day: Daniel Herskedal – “Voyage”
Album: Voyage
Label: Edition Records
Style: Chamber, Arabic, modern jazz
Favorite Track: “The Mediterranean Passage In The Age Of Refugees”
Music from: Oslo, Norway
What I like about it: There may not be a musician on the modern scene who more consistently crafts sound into an atmospheric, thrilling beauty than does Daniel Herskedal. I like how the tubist, one album to the next, keeps expanding on past ideas or incorporating new ones to create something that sounds brand new, while also tying it back to what’s come before… as if a book or movie series where each installment has new characters and plot line, yet falls within a certain continuum that encapsulates everything. On Voyage, Herskedal continues his exploration of Arabic music in a chamber jazz setting, and finds an impressive balance between dramatic and delicate expressions. Can we just have it written into law that Herskedal must record a new album every year?
Your album personnel: Daniel Herskedal (tuba, bass trumpet), Bergmund Waal Skaslien (viola), Eyolf Dale (piano), Helge Andreas Norbakken (percussion) and Maher Mahmoud (oud).
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By davesumner • Jazz Recommendations, Jazz Recommendations - 2018 • 0 • Tags: Daniel Herskedal, Edition Records, Eyolf Dale, Oslo