A quartet of string and woodwind instruments brings together masters of free improvisation.
Daunik Lazro, a musician of integrity, has again shown an extraordinary faithfulness to the style first produced in his debut. It is a reflection of passionate memories generated by incantations from Albert Ayler and the dynamic Ornette Coleman, which Daunik Lazro freely expands and diversifies in his collaborations with Michel Doneda (in a trio with Le Quan Ninh, and again with Serge Pey: " Les Diseurs de Musique"). In Michael Nick and Laurent Hoevenars' generation of string players, the classical and jazz music cultures failed to create a desire to produce the riches obtained by a complete opening of their instruments. This new offering gives an appreciation of the Daunik Lazro's musical poetry.
The CD was recorded by François Dietz in concert on 26th October 2001 at CCAM, Scène Nationale de Vandœuvre.
Michael Nick is a violinist, composer and improviser. He collaborated with many musicians and bands such as
Art Zoyd, Siegfried Kessler, David Liebman, Angélique Ionatos, Jean-Marie Machado, NOHC de Didier Petit, Pablo Cueco,
Michel Doneda,
Daunik Lazro, Claude Tchamitchian,
Sophie Agnel, Ramón López, Cesar Stroscio, Orient Express Mouving Shnorer, Michael Riessler,
Jérôme Noetinger, Hélène Breschand, etc.
Michel Doneda (born in 1954 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France) is a soprano saxophonist of improvised music. He multiplies the meetings and the collaborations since the beginning of the years 1980: Didier Masmalet, Steve Robins,
Beñat Achiary,
Fred van Hove,
John Zorn,
Lol Coxhill, Raymond Boni, Phil Wachsmann, Ravi Prasard,
Joëlle Léandre,
Daunik Lazro,
Lê Quan Ninh, Alain Joule, Barre Phillips, Martine Altenburger, Dominique Regef, Elvin Jones, Elliot Sharp, Jin Hi Kim, Mats Gustafsson,
Sonic Youth,
Camel Zekri, Keith Rowe, Tetsu Saitoh, Kazue Sawai, Gunter Muller,
Fabrice Charles, Gérard Fabbiani, Bhob Rainey,
Bertrand Gauguet,
Giuseppe Ielasi,
Stéphane Garin,
Jérôme Noetinger,
Alfredo Costa Monteiro,
eRikm,
Serge Pey, Masaki Iwana, Valérie Metivier, Yukiko Nakamura...
Laurent Hoevenaers is a French cellist.