The Blue Land size:OS (Remastered 2016)

(Remastered 2016)

What A Wonderful World

I Had A Dream

lyrical “Great Pumpkin Waltz

Highlights include an electrifying rendering of Dobie Gray’s ‘The ‘In’ Crowd’ and a smokily seductive version of the jazz standard

The Blue Land size:OS (Remastered 2016)For the follow up of his ECM leader debut La traverse, French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave expands his trio of German pianist Florian Weber and Swiss bassist Patrice Moret with the unique sensibilities of drummer James Maddren, whose unrelenting pulse adds deft counterpoint to the groups already idiosyncratic sound. Besides the soulfully angular rendering of John Coltranes Compassion, the quartet tackles eight Bordenave originals that bridge the gap