Revisité

Revisité

Revisité

ASIN: B00005APW1

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Those who caught French trumpeter Erik Truffaz's 2000 release, The Mask--a forward-looking mélange of Miles Davis-influenced cool jazz and acoustic drum & bass grooves--will no doubt want to hear Truffaz's latest concoction, Revisité. Like The Mask, Revisité is culled from several albums Truffaz and his quartet released in France in the early '90s: Out of a Dream, The Dawn, and Bending New Corners. But unlike The Mask, which was a compilation of tunes from those albums, Revisité contains seven new remixes that push the original tracks into some impressively varied and innovative terrain. Using mostly the original acoustic performances and blanketing them in a wall of electronic sound, the remixes interestingly play up the electronic aspect of Truffaz's tunes without sacrificing the acoustic balance and interplay of the originals. Alex Gopher's "Bending New Corners" is straight-up drum & bass, while Goo's remix of "Siegfried" sounds like early '90's acid jazz, and Mobile in Motion's trip-hop flavored "The Dawn (Part 2)" would have sounded at home on the first Portishead album. Pierre Henry's take on "More," on the other hand, looks even further back, to Miles Davis's "Great Expectations" from the 1974 album Get Up with It in its extended, spacey melody and use of ambient electronic sounds. It's a testament to Truffaz's original material though, that even when the remixes sound a bit dated, they still put a fresh spin on what was already some very visionary music. --Ezra Gale

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Revisité
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Much better after you really listen.....
  • Excellent
  • ...whutha'ellis this?!?!?!?...
  • Erik plays the trumpet, not the sax!
  • Ambient Future of Jazz
 Revisité
Erik Truffaz
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005APW1
Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

  1. The Dawn Part I - Mobile In Motion
  2. Less - Pierre Audetat
  3. Bending New Corners - Alex Gopher
  4. More - Pierre Henry
  5. Goo - Siegfried
  6. Sweet Mercy - Bugge Wesseltoft
  7. The Dawn Part II - Mobile In Motion

Amazon.com

Those who caught French trumpeter Erik Truffaz's 2000 release, The Mask--a forward-looking mélange of Miles Davis-influenced cool jazz and acoustic drum & bass grooves--will no doubt want to hear Truffaz's latest concoction, Revisité. Like The Mask, Revisité is culled from several albums Truffaz and his quartet released in France in the early '90s: Out of a Dream, The Dawn, and Bending New Corners. But unlike The Mask, which was a compilation of tunes from those albums, Revisité contains seven new remixes that push the original tracks into some impressively varied and innovative terrain. Using mostly the original acoustic performances and blanketing them in a wall of electronic sound, the remixes interestingly play up the electronic aspect of Truffaz's tunes without sacrificing the acoustic balance and interplay of the originals. Alex Gopher's "Bending New Corners" is straight-up drum & bass, while Goo's remix of "Siegfried" sounds like early '90's acid jazz, and Mobile in Motion's trip-hop flavored "The Dawn (Part 2)" would have sounded at home on the first Portishead album. Pierre Henry's take on "More," on the other hand, looks even further back, to Miles Davis's "Great Expectations" from the 1974 album Get Up with It in its extended, spacey melody and use of ambient electronic sounds. It's a testament to Truffaz's original material though, that even when the remixes sound a bit dated, they still put a fresh spin on what was already some very visionary music. --Ezra Gale

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Much better after you really listen............2005-02-12

At first I thought this wasn't bad but it really didn't get my attention. I had heard Truffaz's Mask on satellite radio and it really got my attention. Miles Davis-like in an unusual sort of way. After doing some research on Truffaz I see why.

So, I looked around at record exchanges and found Revisite and Walk of the Giant Turtle for roughly 6.00 each for a real look at this guy. Hey, for 6.00 how bad could it be? I was/am pleasantly surprised at the talent and style of this artist and this CD. Smooth and yet sharp in expression.

He's not just playing scales. There is some real improvisation going on here and yet there are strong melodies and beats to carry the tunes through to the end. This is really a nice blend of electronic and jazz with some hip hop beats on some of the selections. This ain't smooth jazz. But it is really smooth.

Still looking for The Mask. Not much chance of finding it though.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2003-02-01

Drum'n'bass and Miles Davis in the same room. I usually listen electronic music and bits of jazz and this CD is a perfect amalgamation of rock, cool jazz and electronica. It has become one of may favourite soundtracks while I drive through the city where I live. It's a modern, eclectic, nostalgic and inspiring album.

4 out of 5 stars ...whutha'ellis this?!?!?!?..........2001-10-19

...the first time i listened to this i thought it was a joke!
i sampled thru this so fast and dismissed it so quickly, that if not for that police car behind mine on the highway, this would've hit the asphalt with a quickness!
surely somebody at blue-note was carrying a grudge against his superiors when he recommended putting this out to be consumed by the money-spending public! blue-note? and electro-down-tempo-chilled-out-neo-garbage! - never!

but then i sat back and listened to it...

i dont know how to categorize this for real, it really defies what i know to be jazz, electronica, acid and downtempo...hell, one song even has some freestyle hip-hop verses!
it is so odd! but i like it! the best references i can relate this to are tosca's suzuki mixed with maybe some sun ra/pharoah sanders type of thing!
i love this! i cant think of any event in which this might get played, other than just me sittin down to relax and gather my thoughts to...but that's somethin i do alot of!

4 out of 5 stars Erik plays the trumpet, not the sax!.......2001-06-17

Hey - in your Amazon advert, you describe Erik Truffaz as a saxophonist... pretty embarrassing, Amazonians! As for the album, it's very atmospheric and a bit too murky and remote. I say this because his un-remixed stuff is tremendous, especially the last album, (available only as an import in the US) called Bending New Corners. Some of 'Corners' and some of the album before that, The Dawn, were combined to make The Mask. Bending New Corners, though is a consistent and remarkable work, and should have been issued in the States. Truffaz is always compared with Miles, but he's not at all the same. Miles was toweringly great enough to create an approach to trumpet playing and musical organisation that should accomodate thousands of players without thinking they are 'Miles imitators.' Truffaz has a lot of Chet Baker in him as well - he's a soft player, more than Miles, and lyrical like Chet, but also abstract (like Miles) and further extends the tonal vocabulary of the trumpet beyond either of those influences. He also writes memorable pieces, things that hang together and stick in your mind. And he has a totally tight and sympathetic group that has been together for a while now and has real rapport. All that, and it's still stimulating music, not sonic wallpaper. If you haven't got any, get The Mask or, even better, Bending New Corners and then The Dawn. If you have them, then check out Revisité.

5 out of 5 stars Ambient Future of Jazz.......2001-06-07

This is another EXTREMELY COOL album I first heard on KCRW's Chocolate City. It's basically an 'ambient-acid-jazz-house' record that has super-pristine virtuoso trumpet playing on it, courtesy of Erik Truffaz who sounds like a mixture of Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard. He's heard soloing over the fancy, re-mixed, layered, transparent ambient landscapes, sounds that are deep and spacy and partly electronic but 100% ORGANIC in texture; they don't sound cheesy and fake, they stay in your head and twist your consciousness around gently, they don't drop out into some spare post-'70s zone like most done-to-death cliched jazz recordings.

Jazz has has always short-changed sound, aural texture and production in favor of instrumental and interpretational prowess. There are very few brilliantly 'produced' jazz records in the sense that "Boston," "Pink Floyd," or "The ORb" are well-produced. Here, the great sound of a superior 'HOUSE' record merges with soulful soloing that looks forward to the future of jazz as a popular force. I think the future of jazz is toward a new fusion with the more 'ambient electronic' soundscapes pioneered by the 'acid jazz' experminters in the '90s. While having to sample most of their stuff, those guys showed where the hip direction is. Ever restless guitar genius John McLaughlin stated this many years ago and has experimented in that direction in his last two "Heart of Things" records. Truffaz and his re-mixers are already there on "Revisite" although in not quite as progressive or difficult a way as Mclaughlin was attempting. Also, anyone who likes this disc should also check out "Pariah's Pariah" by Gary Thomas.
Revisite
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Coffee, cigs and Saint Germain blues...
 Revisite

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EMSIDA
Release Date: 2006-03-21

Album Description

European only pressing features tracks from Francoise Hardy and Iggy Pop 'I'll Be Seeing You', Camille 'Paris Paris', 'Brigitte Fontaine 'La Caravane', The Jazz Passengers with Debbie Harry 'II n'y a plis D'Apres and more. 13 tracks in all. EMI. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Coffee, cigs and Saint Germain blues..........2006-06-12

The album starts off auspiciously with the afro tinged chanting of "Summertime". Moody and satisfying, this track is a must listen for every aspiring Lionking.

Next up is the frivolous "Jolie Mome" an upbeat fun filled tune...guaranteed to get you moving and seizing like Taylor Hicks! The next two tracks I didn't much care for. "Lover Man" seems straight out of a David Lynch film...imagine yourself late night at a smoke filled cafe, watching a mysterious woman in a shimmering red satin gown, crooning... while next to you a pair of midget lovers are making out.
"Watermelon Man" raised more questions that it answered and I'll leave it at that.
Hmmm, I didn't realize how taxing writing a review can be...whew! Anyways...some other good tracks are "God Bless the Child" and "La Caravane" and "Sophisticated Lady". Overall it's a good album, and certainly grows on you with a couple of listens...can be safely labeled carcinogenic. So go get your honey, light up a Gauloise Blond and ask her to make you a cup of Java as you take in the good vibes and ponder everything has gone wrong.

P.S - I realize that my version of the album has two extra tracks - "Summertime" and "J'Suis Snob". My feeble mind can offer no explanation.
Revisité
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    		Revisité
    Erik Truffaz
    Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Visi
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00005A7ED
    Release Date: 2001-02-19

    Tracks:

    1. Dawn, Pt. 1
    2. Less
    3. Bending New Corners - Alex Gopher, Erik Truffaz
    4. More - Pierre Henry, Erik Truffaz
    5. Siegfried
    6. Sweet Mercy - Erik Truffaz, Bugge Wesseltoft
    7. Dawn, Pt. 2

    Album Description

    Import only Blue Note release featuring seven of Erik's songs remixed by many modern Electronica artists. Tracks , Bugge Wesseltoft 'Sweet Mercy', Alex Gopher 'Bending New Corners', Goo 'Siegrfied', Pierre Henry 'More', Mobile In Motion 'The Dawn Part 1', ''The Dawn Part 1' & Pierre Audetat 'Less'.
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      		Revisité
      Erik Truffaz
      Manufacturer: EMI
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00005NDEH
      Release Date: 2001-09-27

      Tracks:

      1. Dawn, Pt. 1
      2. Less
      3. Bending New Corners - Alex Gopher, Erik Truffaz
      4. More - Pierre Henry, Erik Truffaz
      5. Siegfried
      6. Sweet Mercy - Erik Truffaz, Bugge Wesseltoft
      7. Dawn, Pt. 2
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        		Saint Germain Des Pres-Revisite
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Blue Note
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000EZMNZQ
        Release Date: 2006-03-04

        Tracks:

        1. Boris Vian- Ah Si J'avais Un Farnc Cinquante
        2. Catherine Ringer - Renegade Brass Band- Les Joyeux Bouchers
        3. China- Lover Man
        4. Dee Dee Bridgewater- Watermelon Man
        5. Francoise Hardy - Iggy Pop- I'll Be Seeing You
        6. Jazz Passengers The - Deborah Harry- Il N'y A Plus D'apres
        7. Jacky Terrasson- La Javanaise
        8. Princesse Erika- God Bless The Child
        9. Les Nubians- Autour De Minuit
        10. Brigitte Fontaine- La Caravane
        11. Elli Medeiros- Sophisticated Lady
        12. Camille- Paris Paris
        13. Sandrine Kiberlain- Jolie Mome
        14. Brisa Roche- Rock Me To Sleep (Combo Version)
        15. Boris Vian (Extraits Prestations Live)
        16. Juliette Greco (Extraits Prestations Live)
        17. Luter - Bechet
        18. Les Grands Esprits De St Germain
        19. Le Jazz A St Germain
        20. La Vie A St Germain
        21. Quartier Latin

        Album Description

        European CD/DVD (PAL/Region 0) pressing.This compilation is an homage to masterpiece jazz standard in Paris, revisited by contemporary French artists. It goes beyond classic jazz reinterpretation. The spirit of this time is mainly brought by PARIS and JAZZ. Inspired by "Jazz à St Germain" compilation released November 97, this new edition is upgraded by 4 brand new tracks, including a DVD exploring the most jazzy area in Paris at the time (for combo format). DVD (English subtitles) The DVD includes about half an hour footage of Gaumont Pathé Archives implemented on several jazz area of St Germain des Prés district in Paris at the time. Those short films are connected to the Saint Germain des Prés jazz mood, discovered through several themes: Intellectuals and artists at the time (JP. Sartre, Boris Vian, Simone De Beauvoir, Juliette Gréco, etc). Jazzmen and other musicians (Duke Ellington, Sydney Bechet, Luter, Les Frères Jacques, etc). Popular places around Saint Germain des Prés at the time (jazz clubs, the quartier latin, students area around the Sorbonne.) EMI. 2006. * Please note you will need an All Code DVD player to view.
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          		Saint Germain des Pres Revisite
          Various Artists
          Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000ET5YGC
          Release Date: 2006-03-27

          Tracks:

          1. Jolie Mome - Sandrine Kiberlain
          2. Ah Si J'avais Un Franc Cinquante - Boris Vian
          3. Les Joyeux Bouchers - Catherine Ringer-Renegade Brass Band
          4. Lover Man - China
          5. Watermelon Man - Dee Dee Bridgewater
          6. I'll Be Seeing You - Francoise Hardy
          7. Il N'y A Plus D'apres - Deborah Harry
          8. La Javanaise - Jacky Terrasson
          9. God Bless The Child - Princesse Erika
          10. Autour De Minuit - Les Nubians
          11. La Caravane - Brigitte Fontaine
          12. Sophisticated Lady - Elli Medeiros
          13. Paris Paris - Camille

          Album Description

          Saint Germain in Paris is the home of French Jazz, even providing the name for a modern day jazz band. With its famous arty backstreets and smoky clubs, this compilation is a homage to the master jazz standard in those Parisian clubs, revisited by contemporary French artists. It goes beyond classic jazz reinterpretation, bringing in modern music elements to evoke the spirit of the area. 13 tracks. EMI.

          Album Details

          Saint Germain in Paris is the Home of French Jazz - Even Providing the Name for a Modern Day Jazz Band! with Its Famous Arty Backstreets and Smoky Clubs, this Compilation is an Homage to the Master Jazz Standard in Those Parisian Clubs, Revisited by Contemporary French Artists. It Goes Beyond Classic Jazz Reinterpretation, Bringing in Modern Music Elements to Evoke the Spirit of the Area. Inspired by "Jazz a St Germain" Compilation Released November 97 in Europe, this Edition Has Been Upgraded to Include Three Extra Tracks.
          Revisite
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            		Revisite
            Erik Truffaz
            Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000BRI7H0
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              ASIN: B000ERU3FQ
              Release Date: 2006-03-21

              Album Description

              European CD/DVD (NTSC/Region 0).This compilation is an homage to masterpiece jazz standard in Paris, revisited by contemporary French artists. It goes beyond classic jazz reinterpretation. The spirit of this time is mainly brought by PARIS and JAZZ. Inspired by "Jazz à St Germain" compilation released November 97, this new edition is upgraded by 4 brand new tracks, including a DVD exploring the most jazzy area in Paris at the time (for combo format). DVD (English subtitles) The DVD includes about half an hour footage of Gaumont Pathé Archives implemented on several jazz area of St Germain des Prés district in Paris at the time. Those short films are connected to the Saint Germain des Prés jazz mood, discovered through several themes: Intellectuals and artists at the time (JP. Sartre, Boris Vian, Simone De Beauvoir, Juliette Gréco, etc). Jazzmen and other musicians (Duke Ellington, Sydney Bechet, Luter, Les Frères Jacques, etc). Popular places around Saint Germain des Prés at the time (jazz clubs, the quartier latin, students area around the Sorbonne.) EMI. 2006.
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                Binding: Audio CD

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                ASIN: B000BU994M
                Release Date: 2006-03-21

                Album Description

                European pressing includes a bonus DVD (PAL/Region 0). Details TBA. EMI France. 2006.
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                  Binding: Audio CD

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