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New_York Project : Le manifeste historique et moderne Raphaël Imbert Trio Joe Martin contrebasse, Gerald Cleaver batterie

"What constitutes a love of Jazz? Beauty, feeling, nostalgia, excitement, youth, revolt, - all that, for sure. But first and foremost, a liking for untrodden paths, a real desire for new, unexpected sounds.” Philippe Carles and Jean Louis Comolli

Composing plus his meeting with two American jazzmen, Joe Martin on double bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, have been a catharsis for Raphael Imbert, transforming his vision of jazz by injecting new inspiration into his relationship with its history and imagination.

Fired by his highly individual approach based on the spiritual element of jazz, Raphaël Imbert left for the jazz Mecca, “the Big Apple”: New York, where he made contact with eye witnesses and archives of the exceptional historical enterprise undertaken by the Afro-American community. From the plantations to the churches where Gospel songs supplanted Lutheran canticles to lead the faithful to a state of trance, via initiation societies such as those to which Louis Amstrong and Duke Ellington belonged, the Afro-Americans chose music as an “esoteric strike force” to assert their identity.

During his New York visit in 2004, Raphaël Imbert came face to face with some of the core values of our modern society, efficiency, marketing and more... and was left wondering where he could find that true creative freedom that marks the playing of the elders of Jazz, that time of absolutes and mysticism personfied by Coltrane, Ayler, Pharoah Sanders? Since Raphaël Imbert returned to Marseille, he has been working on building up his own universe, delving into his own inner resources, looking to initiate non-European encounters, such as that with South African saxophonist Zim Nqgnawana¡¡ or the Chemirani and their Sufi traditions... - "the liking for untrodden paths".

This American CD is a manifesto of that committed jazz, the hallmark of the true jazzman’s quest for sense: from the drums of Ellington’s Harlem to his evocation of John Zorn leader of the New York underground, via The Cloisters, a tribute to Albert Ayler, the pulse and throb of New York, to a meditation of Coltrane on Central Park West.

Reviews on the net the jazzman UK

Time Out London

The Guardian Imbert is an exciting new presence on the international scene.The Guardian April 20th

The Jazzmann.com As his previous releases suggest Imbert is a talented composer and is also a musician who likes to view jazz in a wider historical and sociological context.The Jazzmann.com April 20th

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The Guardian **** “Imbert is an exciting new presence on the international scene.” John Fordham

The Daily Telegraph *** “French saxophonist Raphaël Imbert has absorbed the traditions of New York’s jazz community all without becoming a pale epigone.” Ivan Hewett

The List **** “Raphaël Imbert compositions stand up well, and his playing on soprano, alto and tenor is strong and resourceful, whether in frantic full flight or gentle reflection. He is supported by an excellent NY-based rhythm team of Joe Martin on bass and drummer Gerald Cleaver.” Kenny Mathieson

Jazzwise ** “Imbert is a very outgoing yet eloquent saxophonist.” Selwyn Harris

Jazzmann.com **** “New_York Projet is an excellent album that reveals Imbert to be an excellent composer and a fine all round saxophonist more than capable of holding his own with a crack American rhythm section. An impressive stylistic and emotional range surpassing the normal limitations of the saxophone trio. Highly recommended.” Ian Mann

Jazz Journal “Imbert is a fascinating improviser and commentator on earlier master soloists.” Derek Ansell

Allaboutjazz “The Marseille-based musician and the New York-based rhythm section demonstrate some strong playing across this exciting collection of songs inspired by the Big Apple... A powerful and evocative collection of tunes played by a masterful trio.” Bruce Lindsay

Time Out “Thanks to Imbert’s fantastically inventive playing, attractive sound and phenomenal tonal control there’s never a dull moment, especially with this top flight rhythm section on board as well.” Mike Flynn

The Vortex online “Aptly described as a ‘power trio that knows its jazz roots and takes flight from there’, the Raphaël Imbert trio rivets the attention through what is clearly a deeply felt and intensely personal set of originals. Imbert has an expressive, almost fruity, vibrato-rich alto sound, and deploys both soprano and tenor with equal skill. Recommended.” Chris Parker
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