Guilhem Flouzat - On Way...or Another

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:28
Size: 121,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:39)  1. Stompin
(6:32)  2. One Way... or Another
(6:19)  3. Clap
(2:47)  4. Black Magic
(9:49)  5. Sometimes, at Night
(6:10)  6. Agin
(6:30)  7. Avant l'Orage
(5:38)  8. Meet
(3:01)  9. Black Magic

It is interesting the assortment of sextet protagonist of this One Way ... Or Another. Together with a handful of very promising youngsters led by drummer composer Guilem Flouzat (a highly regarded student of John Riley) we find the already experienced Ben Wendel (Kneebody saxophonist) and Laurent Coq (the most American of French pianists) and, in three pieces, a rising star increasingly star like the Armenian-born pianist Tigran Hamasyan. The mix works pretty well, so much so that it's more than a One Way debut album ... Or Another seems like the work of a musician with years of experience behind him. 

This is thanks to the richness and the intrinsic articulation of the compositions that, despite their defined and recognizable structure, activate a continuous game of particularly interesting references and overlaps. To the care and dynamism of the arrangements that manage to combine timbric mixtures that are not exactly customary and to give continuous executions deviations from the traced paths. And finally, thanks to the ability with which Flouzat keeps away from an exhibitionism often lurking among young talents and to the wisdom with which he leads the sextet. One Way ... Or Another is enjoyable, fresh, intelligent disc, it holds up well to the test of repeated listening and will please both the faithful of a modern mainstream and lovers of contemporary sounds and contaminations.~AAJ Italy Staff https://www.allaboutjazz.com/one-way--or-another-ben-wendel-point-of-departure-wmpg-fm-review-by-aaji-staff.php

Personnel: Antonin Hoang (alto saxophone except 4,8,9); Ben Wendel (tenor sax, except 8); Laurent Coq (plan except for 3.4.8); Tigran Hamasyan (plan 3.8); Michael Valeanu (guitar except 8.9); Matteo Bortone (double bass except 1,2,6,8); Simon Tailleu (double bass in 1,2,3,6); Guilhem Flouzat (drums).

On Way...or Another

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Guilhem Flouzat Trio - A Thing Called Joe

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:51
Size: 93,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:58)  1. There's No You
(3:09)  2. Oska T
(5:27)  3. Perdido
(7:19)  4. When I Fall In Love
(4:42)  5. Walking My Baby Back Home
(7:17)  6. Midnight Mood
(3:49)  7. Mrs. Parker of KC
(4:05)  8. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe

Drummer Guilhem Flouzat, gearing up for his third recording as a leader, had meant to steer his music along the path he'd taken on his sophomore album, Portraits (Sunnyside Records, 2015) a rotating cast of musicians laying down a batch of the leader's eloquent compositions. But a post card slipped through the mail slot suggesting a step back a piano trio outing exploring the standards, in the classic style. Turns out that was good advice. The proof: A Thing Called Joe. With Sullivan Fortner in the piano chair and Desmond White wielding the bass, the trio creates a sound and mood reminiscent of the classic Prestige Records trio outings, especially those of Red Garland. The New Orleans-bred Fortner has style here that harkens, in part, to Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, and Oscar Peterson, and Red Garland, with its classy ebullience, its intricate refinement and bright erudition and elegance. Bassist White and drummer/leader Flouzat are perhaps more adventurous than the rhythm guys of the fifties and sixties, but every bit as in the pocket and supportive. The tunes are familiar: "Perdido" "When I Fall In Love," Jaki Byard's "Mrs.Parker Of K.C." And some surprises are shuffled in: Thelonious Monk's seldom-covered "Osak T" and bouncy take on the Nat "King" Cole vehicle, "Walkin' My Baby Back Home."  With its classic feel, the astute selection of tunes, the adept sequencing, and the superb playing all around, A Thing Called Joe compares very favorably with perhaps the best of Red Garland's Prestige discs, Red Garland's Piano (1957), as one of those feelgood jazz discs that stays in the stack next to the stereo, always somewhere near the top.~ Dan McClenaghan https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-thing-called-joe-guilhem-flouzat-sunnyside-records-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php

Personnel:  Sullivan Fortner: piano;  Desmond White: bass;  Guilhem Flouzat: drums

A Thing Called Joe

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