Bassist Hebert's Trio with French pianist and synth player Benoit Delbecq and drummer Gerald Cleaver, expansive and spacious jazz with a beautiful spirituality.
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John Hebert-doublebass
Benoit Delbecq-piano, clavinet, synth
Gerald Cleaver-drums
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UPC: 5609063001754
Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF175
Squidco Product Code: 12886
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2010
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardstock Gatefold Sleeve
Recorded September 23-24, 2008 at Systems Two Recording by Jon Rosenberg. Mixed in Paris by Etienne Bultingaire.
"After the very welcomed CD "Byzantine Monkey" (Firehouse 12), his first as a leader, double bassist and composer John Hébert is back with another amazing proposal under his own name, "Spiritual Lover". This time in trio with two of the most talked about musicians on the scene today, French pianist Benoît Delbecq, famous for his piano preparations, and here also using vintage keyboard instruments like the clavinet and the analog synthesizer, and one of the most in demand drummers in the New York scene, Gerald Cleaver.
The title of this new opus comes from the introducing track, and is with no wonder for us all that Hébert chose a composition by Andrew Hill - he played with this genious of jazz literature and piano refinement for seven years, the last of Hill's life. Very naturally, he shows some influences of the late master in the music now presented. And this is what you should expect from someone equally at ease in the mainstream and the avant-garde fields and coming from fulfilling music and life experiences with Lee Konitz, Paul Bley, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Motian, David Liebman, Uri Caine, Greg Osby, Bill Stewart, Marc Copland, Fred Hersch, Maria Schneider, Tony Malaby, Mary Halvorson, and Steve Lehman: an exquisite and profoundly beautiful jazz recording, full of lyricism and spirituality, committed to the invention of the future."-Clean Feed
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• Show Bio for John Hebert "John Hebert was born in New Orleans, LA. He attended Loyola University from '90 to '92 where he was awarded with a complete scholarship. In 1992, John moved to the New York State area, completing his formal studies at William Paterson University in New Jersey; he graduated with a B.M. in Jazz Performance in 1994. After graduating, John moved to New York City where he quickly became a highly in demand bassist, both for live performances and studio sessions." ^ Hide Bio for John Hebert • Show Bio for Benoit Delbecq "Benoît Delbecq was born in St Germain en Laye (F), June 6, 1966. He lives in Bondy, near Paris. A dreamer and an adventurer in music, pianist/composer/producer Benoît Delbecq has been one of the activists of Hask (1992-2004) and Astrolab (1994-1999), two Paris-based cutting-edge jazz/improv collectives that have contributed to significantly revitalize the french creative music scene around the club Instants Chavirés in Montreuil/Paris. His music and projects include works for theater, dance, litterature, visual arts and motion pictures, that are being regularly invited by major festivals worldwide. He has released about 35 records as a leader or co-leader among a discography of more than a hundred discs. Anchored in both jazz history as well as in aesthetical stakes of today's new musics, Delbecq's works are world-widely acclaimed since the early nineties. He is a renown specialist for a personal and polymetric approach of "prepared piano", and has also an regular activity in the electronic department. His works are experimenting a blend of improvisation and composition in which he reveals a rich pallet of sounds, enlightened by stratas of multiple momentums, articulations and seemingly floating harmonies. Inspired by alternative urban musical experiments and electronic music adventures, he also improvises a personal approach of drum'n bass and ambient. Benoît was awarded 'Prix jeunes affiches de la SACEM' in 1995 with group KARTET, prix de la Villa Médicis Hors-les-murs 2001 for his first solo piano recording " Nu-Turn " (Songlines, 2003), was awarded with the fellowship of Civitella Fundation (New York, 2009), was awarded in 2010 a double Grand Prix International du Disque (Académie Charles Cros, the French Grammy Awards), and his trio CD "The Sixth Jump " (Songlines) was listed in the New York Times top ten jazz/pop records of 2010. His works for the Fred Hersch/Benoît Delbecq FUN HOUSE double trio (premiered and recorded in May 2012, to be released FEB 2013) have recently received the French Ministère de la Culture " Commande d'Etat " funding. Recently he was commissioned by JAZZTOPAD Festival in Wroclaw (Poland) for a new piece for the Lutoslawski String Quartet and two improvisers (Miles Perkin on bass and himself on piano)." ^ Hide Bio for Benoit Delbecq • Show Bio for Gerald Cleaver "Gerald Cleaver (born May 4, 1963) is an African-American jazz drummer from Detroit, Michigan. Cleaver's father is drummer John Cleaver Jr., originally from Springfield, Ohio, and his mother was from Greenwood, Mississippi. Gerald had six older siblings. Cleaver joined the jazz faculty at the University of Michigan in 1995. He has performed or recorded with Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, Roscoe Mitchell, Miroslav Vitous, Michael Formanek, Tomasz Sta ko, Franck Amsallem and others. Under the name Veil of Names, Cleaver released an album called Adjust on the Fresh Sounds New Talent label in 2001. It featured Maneri, Ben Monder, Andrew Bishop, Craig Taborn and Reid Anderson and was a Best Debut Recording Nominee by the Jazz Journalists Association. Cleaver currently leads the groups Uncle June, Black Host, Violet Hour and NiMbNl as well as working as a sideman with many different artists." ^ Hide Bio for Gerald Cleaver
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Track Listing:
1. Spiritual Lover 5:07
2. Valse 6:43
3. Cajun Christmas 3:57
4. Ando 5:45
5. Billy No Mates 4:42
6. Guacamole 5:54
7. La Reve Eveillé 3:40
8. 50808 5:31
9. Like Surman 6:08
10. Here's That Rainy Day 4:56
Clean Feed
Improvised Music
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European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
Trio Recordings
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