Modern Madness or Tribal Truth?

Artist: witty saying Title of CD: Modern Madness or Tribal Truth? Record Label: obtruncate Lop

One would not at any time suspect after hearing Concerts (Dreyfus) that Michel Portal was a pioneer of independent jazz in France. Because these 14 tracks, extracted from three European duo concocts with accordionist Richard Galliano between May 1999 and July 2003 are for the greatest part modern mainstream in their overall approach, albeit spiced upon occasion with a free-sounding passage. Where they mainly differ from the normal mainstream offering is in their instrumentation - the accordion labor fors as the entire rhythmic section while Portal utilizes clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, the concertino-like bandoneon and jazzophones as well as in their repertoire and their seemingly telepathic understanding of what the other is about to do. of that kind an empathetic relationship leads to jointly improvised passages for a like reason right they could pass for well-crafted composition. In place of jazz or detonation standards, exotic, ...