Gregoire Maret - Gregoire Maret

GRÉGOIREMARET
Жанр: Contemporary Jazz, Harmonica
Год издания: 2012
Издатель (лейбл): Politur
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 73:15
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Треклист:
1. Lucilla's Dream
2. The Secret Life of Plants
3. The Man I Love (feat. Cassandra Wilson)
4. Travels
Crepuscule Suite
5. 5:37 PM (Intro)
6. Crepuscule (feat. Marcus Miller)
7. 4:28 AM (Outro)
8. Manha Du Sol (feat. Raul Midon, Tami Samantha Hayes)
9. Prayer (feat. Mark Kibble, Alvin Chea)
10. Lembra De Mim
Children's Suite
11. The Womb
12. Children's Song
13. Outro
14. O Amor E O Meu Pais (feat. Toots Thielemans)
15. Ponta De Areia

Исполнители

Gregoire Maret: harmonica, vocals
Federico G Pena: piano, taicho harp, percussion, vocals
James Genus: electric bass, vocals, acoustic bass
Clarence Penn: drums, vocals
Brandon Ross: soprano acoustic guitar, 6- and-12 string acoustic guitar
Jean-Christophe Maillard: acoustic guitar, taicho harp
Jeff Tain Watts: drums
Alfredo Mojica: percussion
Bashiri Johnson: percussion
Mino Cinelu: percussion
Cassandra Wilson: vocals
Stephanie Decailet: violin
Johannes Rose: viola
Fabrice Loyal: cello
Marcus Miller: fretless bass
Toots Thielemans: harmonica
Robert Kubiszyn: acoustic bass
Gretchen Parlato: voice
Janelle Gill, Adia Gill, Clyde Gill, Micai Gill: vocals
Soumas Heritage School of Music Ensemble
Sinfonia Viva Orchestra

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Review (All About Jazz)

Gregoire Maret's first album under his own name is both more and less than a Music lover following the harmonicist's career might expect. After years of collaborating with the likes of guitarists Pat Metheny and Charlie Hunter, and vocalist Cassandra Wilson, Maret (mostly) wisely but ambitiously places his instrument in a variety of settings that highlight various aspects of his playing.
The sum effect of hearing his eponymous debut is to appreciate how much Maret has brought to the music of others. Lucilla's Dream recalls Maret's collaboration with Metheny on The Way Up (Nonesuch, 2005), and not just so obviously with the inclusion of wordless vocals; the performance builds through a series of carefully wrought crescendos and concludes emphatically with Clarence Penn's drum break. On a leisurely stroll through Metheny's co-composition with pianist Lyle Mays, Travels, Maret takes the time to explore its melodic nuances with exquisite patience.
Maret's distinctive presence as a musician also comes forth clearly on his rendition of Stevie Wonder's The Secret Life of Plants, written by the one-time Motown wunderkind when he'd long since left his own harmonica behind for synthesizers and a variety of other keyboards. As he does throughout the CD, Maret brings a vivid tone to his playing in the straightforward arrangement, no small achievement given that his harmonica, by its very nature, puts forth a light breezy air.
Crepuscule Suite is one of a pair of extended pieces here, and its body offers the opportunity for Maret to vigorously improvise with the other participants, including bassist James Genus and keyboardist Federico Pena. The other is Children's Suite, one of the three Maret originals, and it highlights the harmonicist's playing in a series of delicious contrasts with strings as well as acoustic piano. Ultimately, this becomes the gateway to the slow unfolding of the album's track sequencing that conjures up a dream-like quality.
For all the indisputably impeccable musicianship and production, however, Maret's album sounds as if he was too anxious to present his definitive artistic statement in one fell swoop. The track featuring mentor Cassandra Wilson is the most representative of that labored approach: the sole cut featuring a traditional vocal, her voice is as arresting as Maret's playing but is, in the end, simply too obvious a tribute/homage to the artist with whom Maret has collaborated.
More than compensating for that understandable lapse, though, are those memorable moments within the orchestrated O Amor E O Meu Pais. Here, fellow harmonicist Toots Thielemans appears to interact fluently with Maret, and the gusto in the pair's playing is unmistakable. The sound of their instruments and their interplay is stirring, but deceptively so, as is the case through most of the tracks on Gregoire Maret. ~ Doug Collette

Грегуар Маре - швейцарский музыкант и композитор, родился в Женеве 13 мая 1975 года. Учился в Collège de Saussure и Superior Conservatory of Music, музыкальную карьеру начал в 17 лет. В 20 принял решение переехать в Нью-Йорк, где в 1998-ом окончил джазовое отделение New School For Social Research. На данный момент Маре является, пожалуй, самым востребованным исполнителем на губной гармонике в мире. В 2003 году швейцарский режиссер Frédéric Baillif снял о нем документальный фильм Sideman, получивший несколько наград. Грегуар выступал и записывался с Reggie Workman, Ray Brown, David Sanborn, Jimmy Scott, Jacky Terrasson, Idris Muhammad, Bebel Gilberto, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, George Benson, Cassandra Wilson, Steve Coleman, Herbie Hancock и многими др. Он участвовал в двухлетнем мировом туре Маркуса Миллера, на постоянной основе входил в состав Pat Metheny Group (и получил вместе с ними Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album за The Way Up (2005)), является обладателем ‘Player of the Year Award’ от Ассоциации джазовых журналистов. В 2007 году музыкант совместно с пианистом Энди Милном записал диск Scenarios. Представленный альбом - его первая полноценно лидерская работа.