Clarinettes

by Louis Sclavis

Clarinettes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Label Bleu
  • Country: France
  • Length: 34:45
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The acclaimed French clarinettist and composer delivers a deeply explorative acoustic session, consistently pushing the technical and textural boundaries of his instrument. The album gracefully interweaves complex avant-garde jazz improvisation with subtle, melodic nods to traditional European and klezmer motifs.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation, avant-garde, experimental, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Mariage (3:29)
  2. Hopa (2:06)
  3. Le chien aboie et la clarinette basse (3:48)
  4. Introduction 脿 Marmaduke (5:01)
  5. Black and Tan Fantasy (2:57)
  6. Christal (4:54)
  7. Graves (3:26)
  8. Clarinette (5:57)
  9. Moi c'est s'Mariano (3:04)

Credits

  • Louis Sclavis - primary artist, clarinet, bass clarinet, composed by
  • Christian Rollet - percussion
  • Christian Ville - percussion
  • Alain Gibert - composed by
  • Charlie Parker - composed by
  • Bubber Miley - composed by
  • Duke Ellington - composed by

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