Matthieu Bordenave – The Blue Land (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Matthieu Bordenave – The Blue Land (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 44:06 minutes | 763 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM Records

For the follow-up of his ECM-leader-debut La traversee, French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave expands his trio of German pianist Florian Weber and French bassist Patrice Moret with the unique sensibilities of drummer James Maddren, whose unrelenting pulse adds deft counterpoint to the group’s already idiosyncratic sound. Beyond the soulfully angular rendering of John Coltrane’s “Compassion”, the quartet tackles eight Bordenave-originals that bridge the gap between chamber-jazz dynamics and post-swing designs. Weber and Bordenave’s oblique approach to their instruments – Bordenave can be heard on both tenor and soprano sax – coalesce seamlessly, spinning unanticipated lines over a highly interactive rhythm section. The Blue Land was recorded in Pernes-Les-Fontaines in 2022, and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Tracklist:
1-1. Matthieu Bordenave – La porte entrouverte (05:42)
1-2. Matthieu Bordenave – The Blue Land (05:21)
1-3. Matthieu Bordenave – Compassion (05:32)
1-4. Matthieu Bordenave – Cyrus (03:41)
1-5. Matthieu Bordenave – Refraction (04:41)
1-6. Matthieu Bordenave – Distance (04:02)
1-7. Matthieu Bordenave – Three Four (06:04)
1-8. Matthieu Bordenave – Timbre (04:40)
1-9. Matthieu Bordenave – Three Peaks (04:17)

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