For the first collaboration between bassist Joelle Leandre and percussionist Mark Nauseef, the landscape is purely alien; Evident finds the two looking outwards, incorporating a multitude of elements ...

Few modern era instrumentalists sojourn into uncharted regions of the musical cosmos with the ingenuity of bassist extraordinaire Joëlle Léandre. Supported by her vast discography as a leader and ...

While the bass has customarily been considered just the anchor of an ensemble, it has become the instrument of choice in some recent innovative and unaccompanied performances. French bassist Joelle ...

This recording documents a live meeting of two of the strongest and most radically different improvisers in the world. The pairing of the convolutedly logical and ironic Lacy and the aggressive and ...

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SHE is one of the great virtuoso bassists of the jazz world, and one of the freest too in both her spirit and musicianship. Joelle Leandre was born in Aix-La-Provence in 1951. At the age of nine she ...

This CD documents my favourite concert of the 2004 Guelph Jazz Festival. As a matter of fact it was on September 11th and if ever a morning of music could radiate hope on that most sombre anniversary, ...

A night of improvisation between the palms. Legendary French double-bassist Joëlle Léandre arrives in Toronto for the first time in over a decade. In a long-envisioned duo performance, with cellist ...

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Tom Service considers the art of musical improvisation. When pianist Lennie Tristano first recorded free improvisations in 1949, his record company didn’t want to release them. Today, Free ...