Michel Portal: Bailador – review

(Emarcy)French multi-reeds virtuoso Michel Portal, a dance-band player who became a contemporary-classical soloist, then a jazz composer and improviser for over a half-century in music, is also a London jazz festival guest on 14 November. Bailador represents the kind of balance of cutting-edge players and devious composing that quickens the pulses of contemporary-jazz fans. There's a dazzling lineup comprising Herbie Hancock guitarist Lionel Loueke, trumpet sensation Ambrose Akinmusire, keyboar...

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