LOOKING AT SOUNDS (TEASER)

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Bassist Michel Benita, long a mainstay of the French jazz scene, introduces his revised quartet. Swiss flugelhornist Matthieu Michel and French drummer Philippe Garcia are retained from Benita’s ‘Ethics’ band, and the quartet is completed by Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin. Dumoulin’s swirling, floating sounds and colours – he sounds like no other Fender Rhodes player – have inspired Benita to write evocative new music for the group. The repertoire also includes a bewitching cover version of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “ Inutil Paisagem”, the freely improvised title track, and a touching solo bass interpretation of Jule Styne’s “Never Never Land”.

Michel Benita – Looking At Sounds (teaser)

Michel Benita – Looking At Sounds will be released September 18. Pre-order and listen to the first track 'Elisian/Inutil' here: https://ECM.lnk.to/LookingAtSoundsFPBassist Michel Benita, long a mainstay of the French jazz scene, introduces his revised quartet. Swiss flugelhornist Matthieu Michel and French drummer Philippe Garcia are retained from Benita’s 'Ethics' band, and the quartet is completed by Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin. Dumoulin’s swirling, floating sounds and colours – he sounds like no other Fender Rhodes player – have inspired Benita to write evocative new music for the group. The repertoire also includes a bewitching cover version of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “ Inutil Paisagem”, the freely improvised title track, and a touching solo bass interpretation of Jule Styne’s “Never Never Land”.

Publiée par ECM Records sur Jeudi 13 août 2020