Texier, Henri - Dakota Mab
SKU
34-INTCHR 71317
"It is easy to imagine that the wit, wisdom and wonder Texier displayed over the course of that evening stem from his humble beginnings as a teenager practicing with friends in the basement of the signalman’s house on a switch yard where he grew up in the Fifties. And that they evolved over the course of his various engagements alongside drummer Daniel Humair and later pianist George Gruntz in the Jazz clubs of the French capital, the three of them eventually becoming Phil Woods’ famous „European Rhythm Machine“ in 1968. Furthermore, experimentations with the Oud and multi-tracking – from „Amir“ to „Varech“ – could have logically led to travels in Africa and the trio „Carnet de Routes“ he still leads with fellow Frenchmen Louis Sclavis and Italian Aldo Romano. The fact that this concert took place a mere nine days after the attacks in Paris of November 13th 2015 may have further energized and „emotionalised“ the music, but the main ingredient that night certainly was a serious sense of hope."
- LabelIntuition
- UPC0608917131727