FRANÇOIS COUTURIER Jazz Impression – Le Vice Et La Paresse (JAM / LP-1978)

Label: Disques JAM – CG 1278

Format: Vinyl, LP / Country: France / Released: 1978

Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Side A - recorded on the 27, 28 and 29 of October 1978, Théatre de l'Université in Tours.

Side B - recorded live in Tours on the 26th of October 1978.

Artwork By [Layout] – Jean-Luc Coudray

Artwork By [Maquette] – Jean Maillot

Photography – Jean-Christophe Maillot

Engineer [Sound] – Thierry Lebon

Written-By – François Couturier (tracks: A3 to B)

A1 - Written-By – Bertrand Maillot / A2 - Written-By – Jean-Jacques Ruhlmann

Matrix / Runout (side 1, Etched): CG 1278 A

Matrix / Runout (side 2, Etched): CG 1278 B

A1 - Manèges ..................................................................................................... 041

A2 - Si Le Coeur Éclate ..................................................................................... 6:57

A3 - Béla ............................................................................................................ 5:54

A4 - Mont Dore .................................................................................................. 5:06

A5 - Musique Agaçante ..................................................................................... 1:18

B  -  Le Vice Et La Paresse .............................................................................. 21:00

Personnel:

François Couturier – piano [acoustic], electric piano, clavinet

Jean-Jacques Ruhlmann – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute

Roland Merle – tenor saxophone, clarinet

Christian Gentet – contrabass

Bertrand Maillot – drums, percussion

Exclusivity: Disques J.A.M. "Le Pont De Cissé" 37210 Vouvray - 16 (47) 52.72.74

Made in France.

François Couturier 

The work was recorded in October 1978 at the Théatre de l'Université in Tours, and the band was formed around French pianist François Couturier. François Mechali and Philippe Mate and other jazzmen who participated in the next work in the year of 1981 will join and head towards more complicated directions, but this work has a precisely constructed ensemble and a strangely twisted aesthetic. A bold and clever chamber jazz of bold feeling that a modal sense of harmony is balanced with balance. The first side of this LP shows a complex development while holding humorous songs, while the other side (B) recorded a live 21 minutes worth of thrilling drive feeling, both outstanding completeness.

Great recommendation!

If you find it, buy this album!