Eric Le Lann - Al Foster - David Kikoski - Doug Weiss (2009)

Eric Le Lann started his career as a professional trumpeter at the age of 20. He won the Grand Prix at La Defence in 1979, the Django Reinhardt prize in 1983, and the Critics’ Grand Prix for Best Theatre Music in 2001. He has recorded 15 albums under his own name so far, with people like Mike Stern, Martial Solal, Archie Shepp, Eddie Gomez, Mino Cinelu, Al Foster… He has played with Chet Baker, Herbie Hancock, Billy Hart, but also Dexter Gordon in Bertrand Tavernier’s « Autour de Minuit » (« Round Midnight »). He has played with his various bands in about sixty countries and two documentaries are devoted to him.
This new album by Eric Le Lann has been recorded in October 2008 in Systems Two Studio, NYC. He is accompanied in this adventure by 3 major American artists, David Kikoski, Doug Weiss And Al Foster.

This album has been produced like a recorded live performance: the 4 musicians met and discovered each other while playing, exploring the whole of the repertoire (Eric Le Lann’s compositions and a few standards), with a maximum of 2 takes per track to keep the music as improvised and inspired as possible. A genuine lesson of Jazz.

Personnel: Eric Le Lann, trumpet; Al Foster, drums; Douglas Weiss, acoustic bass; David Kikoski, piano & Fender Rhodes

Tracklist:

1. Ayam (Alt) Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss  7:17
2. You don't know what love is Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss 7:14
3. C'est la nuit Lola Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss 6:17
4. Today I fell in love Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss 5:19
5. Hervé in Black and Blue Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss 5:18
6. Ayam Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss 7:37
7. Yesterdays Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss 7:17
8. Le Bleu d'Hortense Le Lann, Foster, Kikoski, Weiss 5:30

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