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MANU KATCHÉ - Third Round (2010)

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For his third ECM recording, the French jazz, rock and pop drummer Manu KatchÈ brings in Jan Garbarek-inspired saxophonist Tore Brunborg and British pianist Jason Rebello ñ KatchÈ and Rebello are old hands from Sting's band, and electric bassist Pino Palladino and the drummer have worked together for 25 years. That degree of collective familiarity and virtuosity ought perhaps to have produced more startling results. Third Round often sounds tonally graceful (usually when Brunborg is playing), and KatchÈ's unjazzy mixture of crunching rocker's backbeats and abstract-percussionist's cymbal effects are as effective here as ever. But the themes drift to the point where minimal-melody gets close to insubstantiality, and in the rather coy Springtime Dancing, the quaver of singer/trumpeter Kami Lyle's single gospelly vocal, and the inconsequential groove of Out Take Number 9, there's a hint or two of unreadiness about the materials. But the All Blues-like feel to the opening Swing Piece is compelling, guitarist Jacob Young energises the buoyant Keep on Trippin', and the Scandinavian-cool of Shine and Blue makes it one of the most striking tracks. The gifted KatchÈ has rightly made a significant mark, but Third Round feels a bit like it's treading water.  -  John Fordham


Tracks

01. Swing Piece 

02. Keep on Trippin 

03. Senses 

04. Being Ben 

05. Une Larme Dans Ton Sourire 

06. Springtime Dancing 

07. Out Take Number 9 

08. Shine and Blue 

09. Stay with You 

10. Flower Skin 

11. Urban Shadow 


MANU KATCHÉ drums

TORE BRUNBORG  soprano and tenor saxophones

JASON REBELLO  piano, fender rhodes

PINO PALLADINO bass

JACOB YOUNG  guitar (2, 6, 19)

KAMI LYLE vocal (9), trumpet (9, 10)


All music composed by Manu Katché

Lyrics of "Stay with You" by Kami Lyle

Recorded December 2009 at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines

ECM Records ECM 2156   (Germany)



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