Not a lot of information about this stunningly brilliant guitarist. This record seems to be his only work, and it recalls to me the avant-garde jazz of Claude Barthélémy whom I featured before on this blog. The latter made a number of similar records but his first, the one I reripped and posted, is definitely his magnum opus.
Here we get tons of tritones, dissonances, minor seconds, diminished chords, etc., etc., all the usual textual apparatus of progressive composition on a funky kind of beat that never lets up on the energy level like my children in their post-Hallowe'en zany mania of candy-driven delinquence & dereliction. All instrumental. In particular, the first track features some ascending guitar patterns on a swing walking bass that typify this release:
Eric Tocanne
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ReplyDeletegreat post!
ReplyDeletemany many thanks!!!
Great Post! Love the soloing.
ReplyDeletePlease, I also have a request. Joe Beck "Watch The Time". Have not heard this in 40 years.
Here's Joe Beck:
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Plus, reup of Tony Hymas Aspects of Paragonne by request:
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Many thanks on the beck.
ReplyDeletethanks julian for this gem very tasty stuff
ReplyDeleteI discovered your blog a few weeks ago, and I still have many more posts to look at. I love the guitar oriented Jazz, and this one is now my favorite one you've posted (that I've heard so far), with the 1st Romantic Warrior album being my 2nd favorite, and the studio album from Free Funk Trio taking a close 3rd place. I don't think I would have found these without your efforts, so I wanted to thank you. Also, I think it's crazy that so much of this music has never been remastered and re-released on CD, it's really good!
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