Quand le son devient aigu, jeter la girafe 脿 la mer.

by Jacques Thollot

Quand le son devient aigu, jeter la girafe 脿 la mer. cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Futura
  • Country: France
  • Length: 44:02
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The French drummer and composer presents a highly eccentric vision of avant-garde jazz on his debut recording. Seamlessly shifting between frantic free improvisation and carefully arranged studio manipulation, the work stands as a cornerstone of the French underground experimental scene.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, improvisation, complex, avant-garde, technical, instrumental, experimental, deconstructed, fragmented

Tracklist

  1. C茅cile (3:54)
  2. Position stagnante de r茅action stationnaire (1:25)
  3. Enlevez les boulons, le croiseur se d茅sagr猫ge (2:22)
  4. Mahogany Extraits (3:07)
  5. Qu'ils se fassent un village, ou bien c'est nous qui s'en allons (2:17)
  6. Aussi long que large (5:06)
  7. Quiet Days in Prison (2:43)
  8. De D.C. par J.T. (1:34)
  9. Virginie ou le manque de tact (3:42)
  10. N.G.A. (1:19)
  11. Aussi large que long (9:47)
  12. Quand le son devient aigu, jeter la girafe 脿 la mer (4:51)
  13. Marche (1:18)
  14. A suivre (0:32)

Credits

  • Jacques Thollot - primary artist, composed by [compositions], drums, percussion, piano, organ
  • Pons - cover
  • Ren茅 Oghia - cover
  • Kurt Weill - composed by
  • Don Cherry - composed by

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