Michel HERR : "Ouverture Eclair " : Trio LP/CD



Available from :
    Moby Disques c/o Mr Sawano
    28, rue Monge F-75005 Paris, France
    Fax : 33/3/27-88-55-30.

    Distributed in Japan by : Sawano Shokai
    E-Mail : sawanoco@ingnet.co.jp
    Try also :info@agata.to, phone/fax 0263-32-7624 (in Japan ?)

MICHEL HERR TRIO

OUVERTURE ECLAIR
Oryx LP/CD 001.
Recorded in '77, re-released in '98.

Michel HERR, piano
Freddie DERONDE, double bass
Félix SIMTAINE, drums

Michel HERR's first LP as a leader, "Ouverture Eclair", recorded ('77) in trio , has been reissued on LP and CD for the Japanese market as a limited edition for collectors. This originally out of print album is thus available again.
The CD version includes 2 additional tracks (7 and 8), which are previously unreleased material, recorded live.

  1. Ouverture Eclair
  2. The Sound of Gold
  3. Just before
  4. F.T.A.
  5. Peacefully
  6. End to End
  7. F.T.A. (live, CD only)
  8. End to End (live, CD only)

All compositions by Michel HERR


Ouverture Éclair saw the light of the day in the late '70ties as an LP. It is so fortunate that a Japanese fan, Mr Sawano, decided to re-release a collector's limited edition.
The album features compositions by Michel Herr who plays the piano, accompanied by Freddie Deronde & Félix Simtaine.
Two decades later, the music sounds as if it was composed today, having kept fresh and contemporary, no doubt the kind of music which lives for ever. Michel proves (in retrospective) to be an ever reliable musician and one of the pillars of Belgian jazz.
The albums enables us to hear Freddie Deronde, since long taken leave from playing music, one of the best bass players in his time. Félix is very much around enjoying playing his vintage drums and making everybody enjoying listening.
Another pearl of Belgian/European jazz (I.O.)

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