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La Traversee

Matthieu Bordenave

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Format: CD

Cat No: 0882928

Release Date:  25 September 2020

Label:  ECM

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  602508829284

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave's first leader date for ECM introduces a new project with German pianist Florian Weber and Swiss bassist Patrice Moret.

    On La traversee - The Crossing - Bordenave explores musical ground between contemporary composition and jazz, subtly influenced by the innovations of the Jimmy Giuffre 3 with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow, who "opened new territory that remains relevant for improvisers today."

    The recording of La traversee, he explains, was guided by an approach to trio playing, "in which melodic lines interweave and blossom in the nuances of tones, as each musician follows his intuition."

    Bordenave leads the way with his highly distinctive saxophone sound, recently characterised by Down Beat as "light yet textured and authoritative", establishing that this is music in which space will play an important role. La traversee was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-les-Fontaines in the South of France last autumn, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. River (duet) (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 2. Archipel (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 3. Le temps divisé (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 4. Dans mon pays (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 5. The Path (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 6. Ventoux (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 7. Incendie blanc (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 8. Chaleur grise (Matthieu Bordenave)
      • 9. River (trio) (Matthieu Bordenave)