sextet
Created in 2011, this sextet is performing some my compositions, always blending definite and indefinite, improvised and composed. The musicians are all active members of Umlaut in Paris and Berlin, and generally active on the european scene.
paB alto saxophone
pierre borel clarinet
eve risser transportable Klein piano
joel grip double-bass
sébastien beliah double-bass
antonin gerbal drums
just released is a recording of composition no.6 on Umlaut records. [learn more about composition no.6 in my catalog of works]
This first release features a 45 minutes-long original composition. A work-in-progress based on very simple ideas, this is a sound-world of its own. Deeply rooted in jazz rhythmical ideas and the open scores tradition, this work blends improvisation and composition in a very unique way.
This performance — one of an infinity of possible ones — gives to the listener an insight to the composer's voice, but also to the very peculiar approaches of the young musicians of this sextet, all very active in the contemporary european music scenes.
pierre-antoine badarouxcomposition no.6umlaut records (buy it here)paB alto saxophonepierre borel clarineteve risser transportable Klein pianojoel grip double-basssébastien beliah double-bassantonin gerbal drumsrecorded live by paB at "atelier polonceau", february 3rd 2012
