Pierre Favre Ensemble: Le Voyage – review

(Intakt)The Swiss percussionist Pierre Favre has been a key figure on the continental European improv and new music since the 60s. His recordings have sometimes foregrounded percussion, sometimes sax, sometimes his regular partnership with pianist Irène Schweizer. In this case it's a reeds, brass and rhythm section 10-piece playing a repertoire of sonorous, fast-changing works that suggest Carla Bley, free-improv or chanson, sometimes dinosaur-movie growls with a kind of acoustic-Bitches Brew ...

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