Fabien Duscombs and Sylvain Darrifourcq are the most exciting jazz (and/or free jazz or whatever) drumers I've ever played with. They both made an appearance on the Various Artists compilation. They have known each others for a while, I think when they met they already had some awful drummer discussions; which are all about how one must bend the snare drums' skin, or how much did Elvin Jones and Tony Williams change everything in the art of drumming. Anyway these musicological points came out very naturally when we spent some time toghether. However, we also had discussions about other subjects, for instance about the way Klaus Kinsky moves his body around his crossed feet to enter the image during some Aguirre or Fitzcarraldo shootings, or how Maurice Herzog threatened Kinsky to shoot him if he decided to leave the boat. Fabien likes the new King Kong, and he's got an amazing knowledge of hard rock bands; Sylvain is more interested in Berlioz orchestrations and he's afraid of what Pierre Boulez thinks about jazz in general; One is tall and the other slim; Neither of them seems to know what is the difference between Squarepusher and LFO; Both of them played with D'incise and me during construct festival in december 2005, in a noisy free jazz way. So they knew of each other but had never played toghether. I was about to leave Toulouse, I wanted to record something with them before I go and also, I thought I would need my analog synth and a bass amp (provided by Jean-Marc from band Pulcinella, thank you) to stick to the sound level of these two punks. We played in one famous underground venue of Toulouse, Le Txus, as small as open-minded, a two sets improvisation (loud) concert on Saturday, January 7th 2006. Then we and 15 other nice persons went to eat in a restaurant till late. Many things happened, passion, good spanish meals, drummer discussions. Around 4 in the morning I found a parking fine on the car (provided by Stéphanie from band Grand Bureau, thank you). Sunday we went to La Trappe Studio, to make some proper recording of our new trio project with Triboulet. He is a former ska drummer reconverted in a sound enginner, and he's the one who handle the noise-abstract-free-electronic-jazz sound on many eDogm releases. He's tall and wears dread locks. He's damn calm while working, and he knows his job. My first idea was to mix all of these takes together, but I finally thought the concert in itself was great, and could deserve a stand alone release, even if it's recorded on a Mini-Disc. The remix project will follow. Let there be punks! Free Jazz Download: Der Zorn Gottes: Live at Le Txus.Der Zorn Gottes: Live at Le Txus
Fabien Duscombs and Sylvain Darrifourcq are the most exciting jazz (and/or free jazz or whatever) drumers I've ever played with. They both made an appearance on the Various Artists compilation. They have known each others for a while, I think when they met they already had some awful drummer discussions; which are all about how one must bend the snare drums' skin, or how much did Elvin Jones and Tony Williams change everything in the art of drumming. Anyway these musicological points came out very naturally when we spent some time toghether. However, we also had discussions about other subjects, for instance about the way Klaus Kinsky moves his body around his crossed feet to enter the image during some Aguirre or Fitzcarraldo shootings, or how Maurice Herzog threatened Kinsky to shoot him if he decided to leave the boat. Fabien likes the new King Kong, and he's got an amazing knowledge of hard rock bands; Sylvain is more interested in Berlioz orchestrations and he's afraid of what Pierre Boulez thinks about jazz in general; One is tall and the other slim; Neither of them seems to know what is the difference between Squarepusher and LFO; Both of them played with D'incise and me during construct festival in december 2005, in a noisy free jazz way. So they knew of each other but had never played toghether. I was about to leave Toulouse, I wanted to record something with them before I go and also, I thought I would need my analog synth and a bass amp (provided by Jean-Marc from band Pulcinella, thank you) to stick to the sound level of these two punks. We played in one famous underground venue of Toulouse, Le Txus, as small as open-minded, a two sets improvisation (loud) concert on Saturday, January 7th 2006. Then we and 15 other nice persons went to eat in a restaurant till late. Many things happened, passion, good spanish meals, drummer discussions. Around 4 in the morning I found a parking fine on the car (provided by Stéphanie from band Grand Bureau, thank you). Sunday we went to La Trappe Studio, to make some proper recording of our new trio project with Triboulet. He is a former ska drummer reconverted in a sound enginner, and he's the one who handle the noise-abstract-free-electronic-jazz sound on many eDogm releases. He's tall and wears dread locks. He's damn calm while working, and he knows his job. My first idea was to mix all of these takes together, but I finally thought the concert in itself was great, and could deserve a stand alone release, even if it's recorded on a Mini-Disc. The remix project will follow. Let there be punks! Free Jazz Download: Der Zorn Gottes: Live at Le Txus.
The Bentones
The Bentones are back with two more albums of light jazzy standards and plain old good time music. Jammin’ The Joan-Dome is good natured fun much like their first two albums although it seems a little more laid back to my ears. “Take the A-Train” resembles a lazy stroll rather than a subway ride. “Whisky Before Breakfast” has some nice country/bluegrass vibes. The instrumentation of mandolins, guitars, and bass is ocassionally assisted by accordian and fiddle. The over-all effect is a sunday afternoon jam aided by some wine coolers and good friends. Brazil Nuts ventures into something a little different. This is the Bentones’ take on Brazilian music and they tackle it with same casual fun attitude evident on their other albums. The die-hard Brazilian music lovers may not be impressed but the rest of us will enjoy this very likeable romp. The two albums are available in 160kbps MP3. Free Jazz Download: Jammin’ the Joan-Dome & Brazil Nuts.The Ken Varley Trio
Pianist Ken Varley seems to be a regular fixture of the London, Ontario jazz scene. He has two classy trio albums available from the CHRW London Music Archives which should please jazz aficionados of all ages. Jazz From The Living Room was released in 1999 and is a nice example of the distinct sound of Varley and his trio. Elements of George Shearing and fellow Canadian Oscar Peterson are easily found in his music. The tracks are mainly pop standards from “Autumn Leaves” to a Duke Ellington medley generously dosed with the pianist’s casual jazz style. Varley is competently aided by Bassist Ron Fleming and Drummer Bill Reid. Basically For You was released in 2001 and adds some nice jazz classics to the standard repertoire. This time he is joined by Craig Smith on bass and Rob Larose on drums. Bill Evan’s “Solar” and Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” are two rather complex tunes that show off Varley’s talents well. As for the pop standards, “On a Slow Boat to China” and “Stars Fell on Alabama”are two excellent tracks. Both albums are good examples of mainstream piano jazz. The two albums are available by separate tracks in 128kbps MP3. Free Jazz Download: Jazz From The Livng Room & Basically For You.
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