Looking At Sounds

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Introverted cuts and more outward-engaged performances appear in equal measures on Michel Benita's Looking At Sounds, making this release not only one of the bassist's most steady and stringent... — Allaboutjazz.com, 22nd May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 18th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: 0872884
Label: ECM
Length: 62 minutes

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Michel Benita, Matthieu Michel: Dervish Diva

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita, Kristen Noguès: Berceuse / Gwell Talenn

Work length4:01

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita: Looking At Sounds

Work length8:39

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita: Barroco

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita: Slick Team

Work length7:49

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita, Matthieu Michel, Jozef Dumoulin, Philippe Garcia: Cloud To Cloud

Work length2:28

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita: Body Language

Work length6:44

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita, Antonio Carlos Jobim: Elisian / Inutil Paisagem

Work length4:56

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita: Islander

Work length6:45

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Michel Benita: Low Tide

Work length4:19

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

Styne: Never Never Land

Work length5:17

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Michel Benita (double bass), Matthieu Michel (flugelhorn), Jozef Dumoulin (rhodes), Philippe Garcia (drums), Michel Benita (samples), Philippe Garcia (samples)
Recorded: 2019-03-17
Recording Venue: Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-Les-Fontaines

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Algeria-born bassist Michel Benita, long a mainstay of the French jazz scene, introduces his revised quartet: Michel Benita: double bass, laptop; Matthieu Michel: flugelhorn; Jozef Dumoulin: Fender Rhodes, electronics; Philippe Garcia: drums, electronics. Swiss flugelhornist Matthieu Michel and French drummer Philippe Garcia are retained from Benita's Ethics band, and the quartet is completed by Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin. Dumoulin's swirling, floating sounds and colours - he sounds like no other Fender Rhodes player - have inspired Benita to write evocative new music for the group. The repertoire also includes a bewitching cover version of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Inutil Paisagem", the freely improvised title track, and a touching solo bass interpretation of Jule Styne's "Never Never Land". A musician at the heart of the French jazz scene since the early 1980s, Michel Benita (born in Algiers in 1954) honed his craft in the clubs and concert halls of Paris, working with an ever-changing cast of visiting stars, local players and expatriates. The original bassist in France's Orchestre National de Jazz, he made his ECM debut as a member of Andy Sheppard's Trio Libero, in 2011, also appearing on Sheppard's Surrounded by Sea (2014) and Romaria (2017). His first disc as a leader for the label was River Silver, recorded in 2015, with his group Ethics. Benita writes most of the ensemble's material, his compositions often built around a strong melodic line, a tendency that may reflect the bassist's deep affection for folk music, which has long paralleled his commitment to jazz. 'Looking At Sounds' was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in March 2019.

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22nd May 2021

Introverted cuts and more outward-engaged performances appear in equal measures on Michel Benita's Looking At Sounds, making this release not only one of the bassist's most steady and stringent albums to date, but also an album that can be regarded as representative of some of the main aspects for which ECM Records is known.

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