Sclavis, Louis
ECM, 2009, CD
Instrument: Clarinet
Issue: 15.4
Jazz Ruler Type: Fusion
Performance: 3
Sound: 3
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O’s Notes: French clarinetist Louis Sclavis is one of the more creative jazz artists using music as his canvas to express a wide range of thoughts. On this outing he assembles a band with Maxime Delpierre (g), Franois Merville (d), Matthieu Metzger (sax) and Olivier Lété (b). As usual, Sclavis is completely unpredictable in his effort mixing classical structure with rock and jazz-fusion. There are moments of brilliance as on the opener “De Charybde en Scylia”, a frisky fusion tune and with the mysterious “Le Sommeil Des Sirnes”. If you can follow his theme, you may reach nirvana, otherwise there are selective gems for many pallets here.
Publicist: ECM Records