Canadian clarinet and soprano saxophone virtuoso Francois Houle is expert at everything from the music of Iannis Xenakis to post-bebop jazz, always finding ways to weave musical worlds together. Here he takes on the astonishing, underappreciated music of composer and clarinetist John Carter, who merged a virtual tapestry of African American musical forms in his avant-garde jazz from the 1960s to his death in 1991. Houle captures Carter's deep-wood shades on the clarinet, also maximizing the buoyancy Carter created in all his groups. With New York-based trumpet maestro Dave Douglas and bassist Mark Dresser, Houle makes jumping, soulful avant-garde jazz, full of space for winding clarinet lines yet still crowded enough to quicken the ears. Houle's frequent collaborators, drummer Dylan van der Schyff and cellist Peggy Lee fascinate with their combination of arco cello and tumbling percussion. But all along, Houle does an incomparable job of pulling both Carter's compositional intellect and his own improvisational power to the forefront. This is a monumental release--a stunning celebration of one of jazz's undersung giants. --Andrew Bartlett
In the Vernacular-Music of John Carter,François Houle & Dave Douglas,Songlines,Avant-Garde Jazz,Free Improvisation,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop
Jazz Music:
- Introducing [Import]
- Invitation
- Jazz at Hotchkiss
- Jazz Hour with Don Byas: All the Things You Are
- Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus [Gold CD]
- Last Album [Import]
- Lee Collins at Club Hangover, Vol. 1 [Live]
- Leon Ware [Import]
- Live in Concert Featuring Gary Burton [Live]
- Lost Treasures of Ted Heath
Jazz Music
Ania Dorfmann - The Columbia Recordings 1931-38
Angel Street, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]
All The Way...A Decade Of Song [SACD]