This is an exciting new release from the wildly creative French clarinettist Louis Sclavis, a major figure in European jazz widely recognised as a masterful jazz composer and arranger. Sclavis's work often alludes to more than mere music, and on Lost on the Way, he takes his associative imagery from Homer. The track titles allude to the voyages of Ulysses. Sclavis: "I wanted to travel somewhere unknown, letting myself be blown from Scylla to Charybdis by mastering the winds and the torrents of return to re-evoke a history" - along the way looking at aspects of jazz, rock and modern composition from unfamiliar angles.
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This is an exciting new release from the wildly creative French clarinettist Louis Sclavis, a major figure in European jazz widely recognised as a masterful jazz composer and arranger. Sclavis's work often alludes to more than mere music, and on Lost on the Way, he takes his associative imagery from Homer. The track titles allude to the voyages of Ulysses. Sclavis: "I wanted to travel somewhere unknown, letting myself be blown from Scylla to Charybdis by mastering the winds and the torrents of return to re-evoke a history" - along the way looking at aspects of jazz, rock and modern composition from unfamiliar angles.
For lovers of the American group Masada, anything by these guy's will entice you. These is French Urban Jazz on steroids . I would recommend that you buy one disc, and hear these guys first before committing to buying more. Musicianship of the highest caliber can be heard yet again.
5つ星のうち5.0Smart,quirky,idiosyncratic and interesting.
2010年3月29日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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If you're a fan of Art Zoyd,Univers Zero,Lars Hollmer,and other in the RIO camp,then please investigate this release.ECM can do no wrong and here is yet another example of good decision making.
on s'embarque dans la gaité et l'insouciance, puis on est entrainé dans les flots tourmentés , le mystère , la tempête , la rêverie... ça pulse et ça ondoie , de beaux thèmes chantants , une belle alchimie entre les musiciens , de la formidable musique qu'on peut écouter longtemps sans se lasser . Merci Louis !