The saxophonist and composer Annie Dominique has gathered some of the big names in Montreal jazz for this new album, Entre Deux Rives (Between Two Shores), which is released under the banner of the Montreal Jazz Series, promoted by Disques BG. This is the fifth volume in the series, and it is being released at the same time as the fourth volume by Lorraine Desmarais, which I mentioned in another review.
REVIEW OF THE ALBUM LORRAINE DESMARAIS & FRIENDS (MONTREAL JAZZ SERIES 4)
Surrounded and supported by Jean-Nicolas Trottier (trombone), Jonathan Cayer (piano), Sébastien Pellerin (double bass), and Alain Bourgeois (drums), the artist presents a program of ten tracks, including eight original pieces. Among these, a long suite of six movements in homage to the city of Quebec, Escales de la Vieille Capitale.
There, we visit, in a pleasant Coltranian jazz, iconic places in the city in the form of impressions and varied moods: the steep streets in Pente Glissante (Slippery Slope), a certain sweetness of life in Parc des voiliers (Sailboat Park), a quiet nighttime stroll (that’s my imagination) in Murmures de Sillery (Sillery’s Whispers), etc. The lively finale of 1670, with its strong rhythm (drums-double bass) topped by the melodic arcs of the brass (saxophone-trombone), which quickly transform into impressive acrobatics, leaves a very beautiful impression.
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Annie Dominique gives a heartfelt rendition of My One and Only Love (Guy Wood), as well as a well-developed version, somewhere between Shorter and Coltrane, of All or Nothing at All.
Entre Deux Rives, a beautifully crafted jazz album, achieves the improbable miracle of bringing together the Metropolis and the Capital under one roof.
