Cat No:
LBLC6574
Release Date: 01 May 2026
Label: Label Bleu / Autre Distribution
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3521383424261
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
-
Description
Musiques de Cinemas is French composer Michel Portal's 1995 iconic album of original compositions inspired by the magical world of film and cinema. Playing bass clarinet and soprano saxophone, Michel is supported by such key players as guitarists Ralph Towner and Nguyen Le, trumpeter Paolo Fresu, and accordionist Richard Galliano, to name just a few.
'Musiques de Cinemas' is reissued here as a commemorative reminder of Portal's incredible contribution to European jazz, and to mark his passing on the 12th of February.
A chameleon of genres, the only common point of all the musical and sound experiments that Michel Portal (1935 -2026) has carried out is perhaps improvisation, and its requirement to continually put oneself in danger, and to throw oneself outside of the known. Even his film scores and his interpretations of classical music bear witness to this urgency. As a composer, saxophonist and clarinettist, Michel Portal is one of the most important architects of modern European jazz.
"A real shock! Portal does not cheat. He plays. He gives corn to grind to a tight-knit team who gives it in return to him - Jazz Magazine
"Michel Portal's rhythmic and melodic creations come from everywhere, from his travels, his attachment to jazz, his attention to what is sung and what is danced in the streets, from a search for elsewhere, they are songs for the future." - Le Monde
-
Tracklisting
- 1. Histoire De Vent
- 2. Max Mon Amour #1
- 3. Yeelen
- 4. Droit De Reponse
- 5. Max Mon Amour #2
- 6. Docteur Petiot
- 7. Champ D'Honneur
- 8. Yvan Ivanovitch
Disc 1
Side 1
-
-
Souffles
Naissam Jalal
- Regular
- £13.99 - £20.99
- Sale
- £13.99 - £20.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Blossom
Airelle Besson & Lionel Suarez
- Regular
- £13.99 - £21.99
- Sale
- £13.99 - £21.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Landscapes of Eternity
Naissam Jalal
- Regular
- £14.99 - £20.99
- Sale
- £14.99 - £20.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Lagon Nwar
Lagon Nwar
- Regular
- £13.99 - £20.99
- Sale
- £13.99 - £20.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Djangology - Rome 1949
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
- Regular
- £20.99
- Sale
- £20.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Any Way
Michel Portal
- Regular
- £13.99
- Sale
- £13.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Musiques De Cinemas
Michel Portal
- Regular
- £13.99
- Sale
- £13.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
PRE-ORDER
Alamar
Ana Carla Maza
- Regular
- £14.99 - £20.99
- Sale
- £14.99 - £20.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Any Way
Michel Portal
- Regular
- £13.99
- Sale
- £13.99
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per
Radar
Michel Portal
- Regular
- £11.49
- Sale
- £11.49
- Regular
-
Out of Stock
- Unit Price
- per