Dans la Nuit
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Dans la Nuit is an album by French clarinetist Louis Sclavis
recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.
Louis Sclavis
Louis Sclavis is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz...
recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sclavis' multi-hued and altogether vividly constructed arrangements hit the mark in a noticeably huge way".Track listing
- All compositions by Louis Sclavis except as indicated
- "Dia Dia" - 1:15
- "La Travail" - 6:00
- "Dans la Nuit" - 3:39
- "Fête Foraine" - 4:57
- "Retour de Noce" - 2:17
- "Mauvais Rêve" - 1:41
- "Amour et Beauté" - 2:49
- "L'Accident Part 1" - 3:35
- "L'Accident Part 2" - 3:17
- "Le Miroir" (Vincent Courtois, Jean-Louis Matinier, François Merville, Louis Sclavis) - 4:43
- "Dans la Nuit" - 1:11
- "La Fuite" (Courtois, Matinier, Merville, Sclavis) - 5:14
- "La Peur du Noir" (Matinier) - 1:27
- "Les 2 Visages" - 6:19
- "Dia Dia" - 5:00
- "Dans la Nuit" - 1:29
- Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-Les-Fontaines, France in October 2000.
Personnel
- Louis SclavisLouis SclavisLouis Sclavis is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz...
— clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, bass clarinetBass clarinetThe bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet... - Jean-Louis Matinier — accordian
- Dominique PifarélyDominique PifarélyDominique Pifarély is a French jazz violinist. Born in Bègles, he is known as a modernizer who works in avant-garde jazz, but he has also worked in post-bop and other contexts....
— violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... - Vincent Courtois — celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- François Merville — percussion, marimbaMarimbaThe marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...