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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Eric Le Lann: Cape Frehel (1995)

Eric Le Lann (born 1957 in Brittany) is a French jazz trumpeter. He moved to Paris in 1977 where he had his professional debut and gained notice in 1980. He has worked with Aldo Romano, Henri Salvador, and others. He also did music for films including those of Bertrand Tavernier. In 2005 he and guitarist Jean-Marie Ecay did an album in tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Personnel:
Richard Bona - electric bass
Jean-Michel Pilc - piano, synthesizer
Lionel Belmondo - saxophone
Eric Le Lann - trumpet
Tracklist:
1 Cap Frehel   
2 Nuit a Credit   
3 Footprints   
4 Marion le Nuit   
5 Paquerette   
6 Richard Lenoir   
7 To Bix   
8 Petoucas   
9 Scorpion Ascendant Belon
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