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i used to listen to this tons back in the day saw him back then at UNC and actually met him
"For their third duo recording, Canadian saxophonist Francois Carrier and drummer Michel Lambert, play no less than twenty short improvised pieces, varying between 44 seconds and 6 minutes. In stark contrast to most other releases by Creative Sources, the music is relatively accessible, there is melody and rhythm, even implicitly, as opposed to the "organised sounds" that the label is better known for. The two musicians keep delving deeper into the essence of music, delivering their little miniatures with an immediacy and authenticity which also characterized their latest albums. The effort makes the music go away from the long Coltrane-like expansiveness that Carrier used in his live performances, yet transforming the spirituality into the more compact form, somewhat analogou to the short Japanese "haiku" verses. The music is indeed not epic anymore, it's poetry. Even in the wildest and most expressive pieces, lyricism and subtlety are omnipresent. There are moments when Carrier sounds like Dewey Redman, both in his warm tone and melodic phrasing, and Lambert is, well, himself, creative and light of touch
Robin, I just listened to the samples...I guess your "contemporary jazz" is my 'smooth jazz'...
Songs you know and love.....
So is that smooth jazz or avant garde?
then u need2 change ur avatar...get one witha geetar...me wonders what else ur canna put down...
