Showing posts with label Sophie Alour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sophie Alour. Show all posts

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Sophie Alour - Le Temps Virtuose

Styles: Avant-garde Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:01
Size: 103,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:31) 1. Des lendemains qui chantent
(5:04) 2. Musique pour Messieurs
(5:06) 3. Sous tous les toits du monde
(3:56) 4. Musique pour Dames
(2:55) 5. Roulotte
(3:11) 6. Haunted
(4:26) 7. Tout nu
(4:05) 8. Vent debout
(3:19) 9. Ici et maintenant
(5:05) 10. Petite anatomie d'un présent qui passe
(2:17) 11. Le temps cannibale

For years, we have been trying to obtain Sophie Alour’s albums without success, due to distribution quirks. This time, however, this album was offered to us, allowing us to introduce you to this excellent saxophonist and composer. In addition to her successful solo career, she is also a part of the outstanding team of musicians surrounding the elegant Rhoda Scott and her Lady All Starr, who impress just about everyone.

“Le Temps virtuose” is a delightful and poetic blend that transports you through folk, jazz, and a rich tapestry of classical music influences. There’s an evident aesthetic pursuit here, where the beauty of art and intelligence interweave. The gentle sounds, sumptuous arrangements, and the opportunity for attentive listening make this album shine, without any artifice. It’s as if a storyteller is whispering the most beautiful adventures into your ear.

This is a delicate, sensitive, and touching musical universe that will surely appeal to our American readers. Each piece on this album is like a postcard from a city or a place, much like the way magazines depict the landscapes of France. It’s quite different from our friend, the composer and saxophonist Céline Bonacina, as it possesses a distinct culture. Here, you’ll be treated to beautiful moments with the flute, cello, guitar, and many other captivating elements, much like a museum to explore.

Yes, one can’t help but be charmed by an album like this, which carries the clear intentions of its creator. It plays with balance, offering its sensitivities, a touch of Africanness, and hints of Celtic influences that reinforce the melodic mysteries. You’ll have fun trying to decipher the origins of these images, and you’ll willingly lose yourself in them, much like exploring a city in an unknown country. If Sophie keeps winning awards, it’s no accident. She belongs to the small circle of remarkable artists in Europe, genuine and inspiring, with an impressive discography, and this album is particularly endearing.

If you’re in search of an authentic album, the editors of Bayou Blue and Paris-Move were immediately captivated by this work, bestowing upon it the “Indispensables” label. So, why not you? If your sensibilities lean toward romanticism, poetry, and travel, “Le Temps virtuose” will be your destiny…By Thierry De Clemensat https://www.paris-move.com/reviews/sophie-alour-le-temps-virtuose-eng-review/

Personnel: Sophie Alour. saxophone, Pierre Perchaud. guitar, Guillaume Latil. cello, Fabrice Moreau. drums.

Le temps virtuose

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Rhoda Scott - Rhoda Scott Lady All Stars

Styles: Soul Jazz, Post Bop
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:17
Size: 102,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:32) 1. R & R
(4:45) 2. City of the Rising Sun
(5:28) 3. Les Châteaux de Sable
(6:04) 4. Laissez-moi
(5:59) 5. Golden Age
(6:03) 6. Escapade
(5:11) 7. I Wanna Move
(5:12) 8. Short Night Blues

Rhoda Scott is one of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz, playing on the most important international stages with Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, Count Basie… She returns this year, after her much appreciated stint in 2007, at the head of an incredible all-female octet made up of major musicians in today's jazz: Anne Paceo, Geraldine Laurent, Airelle Besson, Céline Bonacina, Sophie Alour… Groove and swing await you!Translate By Google https://www.rendezvouserdre.com/portfolio/rhoda-scott-ladies-all-stars/

Personnel: Rhoda Scott: Hammond organ / Sophie Alour: tenor saxophone / Lisa Cat-Berro: alto saxophone / Julie Saury: drums / Anne Paceo: drums / Géraldine Laurent: alto saxophone / Airelle Besson: trumpet / Céline Bonacina: baritone saxophone

Rhoda Scott Lady All Stars

Friday, September 24, 2021

Sophie Alour - Time For Love

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:38
Size: 109.1 MB
Styles: Ballads, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:24] 1. Nos Cendres
[5:29] 2. I Loves You, Porgy
[4:19] 3. The Second Time Around
[4:49] 4. Left Alone
[4:39] 5. Skylark
[4:58] 6. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
[3:54] 7. Stars Fell On Alabama
[4:33] 8. Answer Me
[3:57] 9. I'm Old Fashioned
[3:37] 10. A Time For Love
[3:54] 11. Comptine

Sophie Alour (ts,ss); Sandro Zerafa (g); Sylvain Romano (b); Dédé Ceccarelli (ds); Stéphane Belmondo (tp); Rhoda Scott (org); Glenn Ferris (tb); David El Malek (ts); Alain Jean-Marie (p). QUINTET ALLEGRIA: Anne-Cécile Cuniot flûte traversière; Catherine Coquet hautbois et cor anglais; Gaëlle Burgelin clarinette; Cécile Hardouin basson; Camille Lebrequier cor.

"Time for Love", Sophie Alour's new opus is an album devoted to ballads and especially those immortalized by Shirley Horn, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone. Surrounded by the very best jazz musicians in France (Stéphane Belmondo, David El Malek (who is in charge of the musical direction of the project), and a wind quintet arranged by François Théberge, Rhoda Scott, Alain Jean-Marie, Dédé Ceccarelli) Sophie Alour confirms its sensitivity and expressiveness in the Jazz ballads. Time for Love is a great collective adventure that will hit the road of France and elsewhere, throughout the 2018/2019 season.

Time For Love

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Sophie Alour - Uncaged

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:04
Size: 113,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:26) 1. Uncaged
(4:11) 2. Comptine
(4:07) 3. Haunted Part 1
(3:57) 4. Haunted Part 2
(6:49) 5. Sparkling Water
(2:45) 6. Snow In May
(4:24) 7. Sadrak
(5:26) 8. Nos cendres
(1:56) 9. Guerrier
(4:26) 10. Addict
(4:32) 11. Goodbye

Sophie Alour was born in 1974, she learned the saxophone by herself after she studied the clarinet at Quimper Music School in France. She learned jazz "on stage". In 2004, Rhoda Scott approached her to form her lady quartet, and the same year she played in the Wynton Marsalis' Big Band. She recorded her first album in 2005 'Insulaire', in 2007 she recorded 'Uncaged' with pianist Laurent Coq, double bass player Yoni Zelnik and drummer Karl Jannuska. She won several awards for this album and got the "Young Talent Django D'Or 2007". She has performed all around the world, exploring her repertoire, looking for its limits. She came back with 'Opus 3' in 2010 , closer to the jazz tradition. For her last album 'Géographie des rêves', Sophie Alour has decided to play with Yoann Loustalot (tp and flugelhorn), Nicolas Moreau (double bass), Stéphan Caracci (vibraphone) and Frederic Pasqua (drums). https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/sophie-alour

Uncaged

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Sophie Alour - Insulaire

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:08
Size: 156,3 MB
Art: Front + Back

( 6:07)  1. Septembre
( 8:15)  2. Les samourais
( 7:19)  3. Almost Paradise
( 7:42)  4. You've Changed
( 5:41)  5. At First Sight
( 4:31)  6. Doctor C.
( 3:37)  7. Black Narcissus
( 6:43)  8. Cheer Up!
( 6:30)  9. Oraison
(11:37) 10. Dedale

Alour Sophie learns the clarinet from 13 years in a music school in Quimper . Learning saxophone begins later, around 19 years, mainly self-taught in courses taken in the Parisian schools and jazz music, CIM and IACP . The young saxophonist truly begins on the jazz scene in 2000 participating in the new group called the Vintage Orchestra. This year, she is also associated with trumpeter Stephane Belmondo to form a sextet and occurs in various Parisian clubs. It also participates in orchestra Christophe Dal Sasso. Sophie Alour 2004 integrates a quartet of musicians, led by organist Rhoda Scott , along Bilberry Besson and Julie Saury, allowing him to further develop his game to the saxophone. During the year it also attracts the attention of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis who chooses to engage his orchestra . It is also asked to participate in a project of drummer Aldo Romano and noted for his interpretation on the big stage of Jazz in Vienna in 2004. The following year she released Islander, a first album as a leader that is well appreciated by critics.

She collaborates again with the Vintage Orchestra group recording the album Thad. In 2006, she participated in the recording of the album Christophe Dal Sasso Opening and Belmondo brothers. In 2007, the quintet saxophonist accompanied by pianist Alexandre Saada when recording his album Be Where You Are. This year, she published her second album Uncaged receiving good evaluations by critics. For 2 years she performed in various cities in France and abroad. In 2010, Sophie Alour presents his third album Opus 3, a trio along with bassist and drummer Yoni Zelnik Karl Jannuska, two musicians on his previous album. The following year she participated in the recording of the album Christophe Dal Sasso pretexts. In 2012 saxophonist released a new album entitled The geography of dreams. Sophie Alour form a new quintet with two musicians she knows well, Yoann Loustallot and Nicolas Moreaux, and two new Frédéric Pasqua on drums and vibraphone Stéphan Carracci. ~ Translate by Google   http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Alour

Personnel:  Sophie Alour - tenor saxophone; Huggo Lippi – guitar; Guillaume Naud - piano, Fender Rhodes; Sylvain Romano – bass; David Grebil – drums;  Emmanuel Bex - Hammond B3 organ (#4,8);  Stephane Belmondo - flugelhorn (#9)

Insulaire

Monday, June 21, 2021

Sophie Alour - Opus 3

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:28
Size: 102,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:24)  1. Grekerna
(5:01)  2. Mystere et boule de gomme
(5:15)  3. Eloge du lointain
(3:14)  4. Ode a Arthur Cravan
(5:08)  5. Haunted
(3:31)  6. En ton absence
(5:29)  7. Why people always laugh about serious things
(3:12)  8. Pensee vagabonde
(3:04)  9. Caprice
(2:59) 10. Karlston
(3:05) 11. Petite anatomie du temps qui passe...

French saxophonist Sophie Alour's Opus 3 is not only her third album as a leader, it is also her first in a trio setting. The recipient of the French Django D'or award, Alour departs from the electric intensity of her previous release, Uncaged (Nocturne, 2007), to explore her voice as an instrumentalist. The 11 originals are tone poems bearing heavy western classical influences, with occasional peppering of other styles that showcase the leader on both tenor and soprano saxophones.  "Eloge du lointain" for example, has hints of Caribbean rhythms, with Alour's rapid-fire, staccato tenor enhancing the island ambience created by Karl Januska's rhythmic drums. Much like Sonny Rollins ' classic "St Thomas," she extends her improvisation far beyond the tune, although her sound is not as brassy as the legendary saxophonist, but rounder and more fluid.  There is not much distinction made on these tracks between the composed and the improvised. Alour's solos build on a basic foundation, but the final result is a musical construct that is quite imaginative and far-reaching.

Her angular soprano on "Mystère et boule de gomme!" climbs logically up the scales and chords driven by Januska's propulsive drumming and anchored by Yoni Zelnik's resonant bass.  Alour's warm tenor blows softly over Zelnik's undulating notes on "Grekerna," its melancholic melody bearing hints of Eastern European music, while Zelnik's atonal pizzicato carries a conversation with Alour's unpredictable yet never out of place musical ideas on "Ode à Arthur Cravan." The stylistic angularity continues on "Haunted," featuring a lengthy tenor solo that is quite mellifluous with Januska's hyper-rhythmic drums bringing a rock sensibility to the piece.  Alour's fast lines add bop flavor to "Karlston," while the delightful cacophony that ends the march-like "Caprice" reflects Alour's more avant-garde side. The classical influences are most heard on the serpentine romantic song "En ton absence" and atmospheric and explorative sonata, "Petite anatomie du temps qui passe..."  Opus 3 is a more personal and more mature recording than Alour's previous two; although it lacks the energy and the excitement of her Uncaged, it is an intimate portrait of an artist with great promise. ~ Hrayr Attarian https://www.allaboutjazz.com/opus-3-sophie-alour-plus-loin-music-review-by-hrayr-attarian.php

Personnel: Sophie Alour: tenor and soprano saxophones; Karl Jannuska: drums; Yoni Zelnik: bass.

Opus 3

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Sophie Alour - Enjoy

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:30
Size: 111,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:17) 1. La chaussée des géants
(4:03) 2. Songe en forme de palmier
(4:25) 3. Songe en forme de fougère
(5:11) 4. Fleurette égyptienne
(5:28) 5. Joy
(4:50) 6. Un ciel plus grand
(2:53) 7. For foot and spirit
(6:30) 8. Exil
(5:01) 9. Sous tous les toits du monde
(1:44) 10. Duo
(2:02) 11. Les coeurs combattants

Born in 1974, Sophie Alour learned the saxophone on her own, after having studied clarinet at the music school of Quimper. It was on stage, in vivo, that she learned jazz and very quickly, in 2000, she joined the big band "the Vintage Orchestra" which brought together the best of her generation. In the same year, she created a sextet with Stéphane Belmondo and joined in the same momentum the big band of Christophe Dal Sasso who recorded the album "Opening" (Nocturne). A new step was taken when Rhoda Scott hired him in 2004 to form his quartet.

The same year she plays in the big band of Wynton Marsalis and takes part in Aldo Romano's project. In 2005, she recorded her critically acclaimed first album "Insulaire" (Nocturne). She is invited to take part in several recordings and can be found on Alexandre Saada 's records "Be where you are" or "Panic circus" as well as on Rhoda Scott' s Lady quartet album.

As a leader, she produced her second album in 2007 "Uncaged" (Nocturne) which brought together Laurent Coq on the fender rhodes, Yoni Zelnik on the double bass and Karl Jannuska on the drums and for which she debauched the guitarist Sébastien Martelof the rock scene. The public is as enthusiastic as the critics (disc of emotion Jazzmag, Choc Jazzman and ffff Télérama) and she obtains the Django d'or 2007 for young talent. For 2 years, she gives dozens of concerts with this group, in France and abroad (East Africa and Central America), re-explores her repertoire, deconstructs it, seeks its limits, to come back to Jazz, refreshed. and a new album, this time in trio, “Opus 3” (Plus loin music, 2010) (Choc Jazzman, ffff Télérama and So Jazz).

In 2011, she participated alongside prestigious musicians such as David El-Malek , Pierre de Bethmann or Frank Agulhon in the recording of Christophe Dal Sasso's new album “Prétextes” for the Bflat label. In June, she took part in Rhoda Scott's record recorded live on the main stage of the Vienna festival. Translate By Google http://www.sophiealour.com/

Enjoy