Le Voyage
| Le Voyage | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1 September 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 1979 | |||
| Studio | Tonstudio Bauer,Ludwigsburg | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary jazz | |||
| Length | 43:18 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Le Voyage is the fourth album by Paul Motian to be released on the ECM label. It was released in 1979 and features performances by Motian with bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark and saxophonist Charles Brackeen.
Reception[edit]
The Allmusic review by Don Snowden awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Le Voyage is a very reflective, ruminative disc bordering on chamber jazz and marked by that distinctive ECM sound, clean but very distant. It's top-quality music, but look to Dance for more liveliness and ebullience in this phase of Paul Motian's career.".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[5] |
Track listing[edit]
- "Folk Song for Rosie" - 9:53
- "Abacus" - 7:16
- "Cabala/Drum Music" - 6:09
- "Sunflower" - 8:48
- "Le Voyage" - 11:12
- All compositions by Paul Motian
Personnel[edit]
- Paul Motian - drums, percussion
- Jean-François Jenny-Clark - bass
- Charles Brackeen - soprano and tenor saxophones
References[edit]
- ^ Le Voyage - Paul Motian Trio - ECM Records
- ^ a b Snowden, D. Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 148. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1048
- ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.