Emile Parisien - Louise (LP)
"The best new thing that has happened in European jazz for a long time" (Le Monde), Parisien has formed a top-flight American-European sextet. 180 gram Black Virgin Vinyl with a free Download Code included!'The best new thing that has happened in European jazz for a long time' (Le Monde), for his new album 'Louise' Emile Parisien has assembled a group of musicians who bridge the two sides of the Atlantic. The saxophonist has set out to combine the essence of jazz with his own purposes; so what shines through here are both his kaleidoscopic imagination and his appetite for breaking down barriers. With Theo Croker, Nasheet Waits and Joe Martin three American musicians are in the group, all of them friends whom he has got to know over time. Their eagerness to engage in fruitful conversations with a trio consisting of Parisien himself and two of his closest colleagues from France is miraculous. All kinds of nuances and a confluence of influences are to be heard here. We find variations of