Louis Sclavis & Benjamin Moussay – Unfolding (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 40:23 minutes | 699 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM Records
This perfectly harmonising duo focuses on strong contrasts and thrives on empathy and intense exchanges. – Deutschlandfunk. Having previously joined forces on several Louis Sclavis recordings for ECM, including the clarinettist’s last album Characters On A Wall, in recent years Sclavis and pianist Benjamin Moussay increasingly focused on their two-way communication, playing expansive and well-received concerts throughout Europe. Now, in a programme of originals – two-thirds from the pianist’s pen, the remaining third by the clarinettist – the French duo dreams up a world of chamber conversations that juxtaposes lyrical contemplation with whimsical inventiveness in a joyous, concentrated collaboration. Thoughtfully, the duo envelopes delicate themes in warm improvisations that never rush, but patiently explore the written material with rare creativity and in fluid dialogues. Recorded at Studios La Buissonne, Southern France in March 2024, Unfolding was produced by Manfred Eicher.
Tracklist:
1-1. Louis Sclavis – Unfolding (06:16)
1-2. Louis Sclavis – Loma del Tanto (05:31)
1-3. Louis Sclavis – None (04:16)
1-4. Louis Sclavis – A Garden in Ispahan (04:12)
1-5. Louis Sclavis – Siete lagunas (02:49)
1-6. Louis Sclavis – L’heure de loup (03:16)
1-7. Louis Sclavis – L’étendue (04:41)
1-8. Louis Sclavis – Somebody Leaves (04:35)
1-9. Louis Sclavis – Snow (04:44)
