Saturday, September 8, 2007

Aldo Romano, Louis Sclavis & Henri Texier - African Flashback (2005) [EAC-APE]



1 . Berbere (4:39)
2.  Derriere Le Sable (3:51)
3.  Harvest (2:26)
4.  Entre Chien Et Loup (2:33)
5.  Three Children (4:02)
6.  African Panther 69 (2:21)
7.  Surreal Politik (5:39)
8.  Viso Di Donna (3:39)
9.  Fô Lion (5:20)
10.  Le Long Du Temps (4:24)
11.  55 Wheels (4:36)
12.  Look The Lobis (4:32)
13.  Dieu N'existe Pas (4:13)

Aldo Romano - Acoustic Guitar, Drums  
Louis Sclavis - Clarinet, Saxophone [Soprano]  
Henri Texier - Double Bass  


Label Bleu 6679

 
As what used to be called rhythm sections go, one of the most irresistibly springy jazz-and-beyond partnerships in European music is the occasional pairing of veteran French bassist Henri Texier and Italian drummer Aldo Romano. Here they join the formidable clarinettist and saxophonist Louis Sclavis on a third venture for Label Bleu.

The pieces are by all three members, responding to images of African life by photojournalist Guy le Querrec, whose evocative work is included in a substantial CD-sized book. As with Texier's Ramparts D'Argile, this set can be as gracefully swinging as the best straightahead jazz, as exuberant as village-wedding music, as edgily cacophonous as a traffic jam in the heat and as funky as a late-period Miles band; the latter is down to Romano, who can move easily between rich, Africanised percussion sonorities and a slamming take-no-prisoners backbeat. Sclavis is teasingly lyrical or abrasively free on clarinets and sax, and Texier's basslines could make an album on their own. Delicious.
(John Fordham, arts.guardian.co.uk)
  


African Flashback is one of my favorite Jazz albums. Featuring Aldo Romano on drums, Louis Sclavis on clarinet, and Henri Texier on bass, it is the third and last album of this amazing European Jazz trio. The idea behind this trio was initiated in 1990 by Guy Le Querrec, a renowned French photographer. who went touring Central Africa for three weeks. They had been so enthralled by this experience that they decided to make Carnet de Routes in 1995. Featuring original compositions from each artist and about 50 photos of the trips, this first album met incredible success. In 1998, the four friends decided to go back to Africa. This time, they visited South and East Africa. As a result, a second album, Suite Africaine, was made. It also met great success. And I really love those two albums.

Later on, Le Querrec was asked to choose from the thousands of unreleased pictures he brought back from Africa and to give his selection to the musicians who would imagine stories behind these pictures that they will tell the listeners in Music. Released in 2005, African Flashback is the result of this work and it is simply superb! There's no other word to describe this jewel. The CD comes with an impressive booklet containing Le Querrec's selected pictures. It was very had to select one of the songs as I really love all of them (except Surreal Politik that isn't to my taste at all). After listening over and over to this masterpiece, I decided to give my preference to Look The Lobis for the incredible Bass play donned by Henri Texier and the very distinct Rock tone of the song.

I am very grateful to these musicians and all the other artists that create such amazing Art. I can't imagine how we could live without Music.
(saad.docisland.org)

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