Céline Bonacina Trio/Nguyên Lê: Way of Life | CD review

(ACT)Céline Bonacina is a prize-winning young French saxophonist who lived on Réunion in the Indian Ocean for some years – and a broad world-jazz view, the input of Madagascan drummer Hary Ratsimbazafy, and French Vietnamese guitarist/producer Nguyên Lê's east-west improv vocabulary on four tracks adds up to a distinctive album. As a saxophonist, Bonacina brings echoes of the UK's John Surman and the casual lyricism of sometime collaborator Andy Sheppard. She also recalls the late Michael ...

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