Soleil 12

Soleil 12 Artist: Forgas Band Phenomena
Label: Cuneiform
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 045775021829
EAN: 0045775021829
ASIN: B000AMYJG4


Release Date: 2005-09-20

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Tracks:

  1. Soleil 12 (Sun Twelve)
  2. Coup de Théâtre (Expect the Unexpected)
  3. Éclipse (Eclipse)
  4. Pieuvre à la Pluie (Tentacular Evidence)

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Prog-Jazz Extravaganza.......2006-04-01

In many ways Forgas Band Phenomena is heir to the long tradition of British progressive jazz ensembles such as Nucleus, Neil Ardley's Kaleidoscope, Brotherhood of Breath, Isotope, Centipede, New Jazz Orchestra, Turning Point, National Health and others. The only asterisk in this long progression (pun intended) is that FBP is French -- though this hardly matters in these days of heady internet internationalism.

Like those ensembles, the charts here are heavily worked out, with long sinewy melody lines interwoven throughout complex time changes. Improvisation is spotlighted at different stations along the development of these extended suites, but the music is definitely of the rehearsal-intensive and well-thought-out school rather than the woozy blowing generally thought of as "jazz."

This particular disc, their third, was recorded live at Les Tritonales Festival in Les Lilas, France on March 15, 2005, although only the distant applause between tracks gives this away. Sonically this recording is the equal of any studio album.

If you long for the glory days of Britjazz, look no farther.

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  1. Crunchin' ~ Wallace Roney
  2. Meditations ~ Elmo Hope Trio
  3. Scotch and Milk ~ Cecil Payne
  4. First Lady Of The Piano: 1952-1971 ~ Mary Lou Williams
  5. Intrinsic ~ Typhanie Monique & Neal Alger
  6. It's Krunch Time ~ Roy Campbell Quartet
  7. Sip 'n' Fly ~ The African Jazz Pioneers
  8. Definitive Stan Getz ~ Stan Getz
  9. The Uncollected Stan Kenton, Vol. 5: 1945-1947 ~ Stan Kenton
  10. Center of Gravity ~ Max Groove

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