Out Twice

Lambert, Michel
482 Music
Jazz | May 2003

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-06-01
LAMBERT
Improvised trios in a jazz vein, performed by two different groups. What they share in common is Lambert, the drummer. Each piece is based on one of his drawings -- the drawings, and detailed explanations, are in the booklet.

Very musical pieces (except #9). Rarely flashy but worth the effort.

PIANO/BASS/DRUMS: Crisp pieces with a traditional jazz sound:
1- Careful and dark feel, with lots of piano tricks.
4- A brisk jazz walk, interrupted by occasional slow-moving abstraction
7- Dramatic, gets into some nice sparkling piano
8- Staggery bebop
11- Cool little shuffle


BASS/SAX/DRUMS: More experimental but still toneful and jazzy, with richly melodic bass from Barre Phillips:
2- Slowly progressing, gets briefly angry later on
3- Starts with a nice loping bass solo. Second half aggressive and choppy.
5- Slow washes of sound
6- Goes through fast and slow phases with good interaction
9- Groany scrapes and squeaks. Quiet acoustic noise.
10- Wandering and abstract. Quiet spoken part at the end.

Recent airplay

Memoires
Memory SelectJul 25, 2003
Cul De Sac
press and releaseJul 23, 2003
Red Pale Blue
Fly By NightJun 22, 2003
Red Pale Blue
Memory SelectJun 13, 2003

Charting

2003-06-02 — 2003-08-04 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Jul 27 2
Jun 29 1
Jun 15 1

Track listing

1. Memoires
2. Weaving
3. Tire Au Sort
4. Aire De Repos
5. Coup
6. Cul De Sac
7. Ice on the River
8. Gone Down
9. No no no Note
10. Vitrail Pour Herbie
11. Red Pale Blue