Artist: Frederic Monino
Title: Around Jaco
Source: CDDA
Label: Yak Productions
Genre: Jazz
Rip date: 000-00-2006
Store date: 000-00-0000
Bitrate: VBR kbps
Size: 82,9 mB
WEB: cdbaby.com/cd/monino
:: T R A C K L i S T ::
01. frederic monino - continuum "05:23
02. frederic monino - rount trip "03:26
03. frederic monino - bright size life "03:58
04. frederic monino - punktroduction "01:01
05. frederic monino - punk jazz "06:23
06. frederic monino - 3 views of a secret "06:16
07. frederic monino - teen town "03:35
08. frederic monino - liberty city "07:02
09. frederic monino - speak like a child "06:36
10. frederic monino - used to be a chacha "05:22
:: i N F O ::
”Always such a tremendous treat to hear Jaco's compositions, especially done with love and respect, honoring Jaco with your beautiful renditions of his music! Thank you Frédéric!” Ingrid PASTORIUS
« Around Jaco. As you listen, the choice of title becomes obvious: this isn’t just a tribute to the most famous electric bass player, the one we refer to when we talk about "before Jaco" and "after Jaco". It’s really about an exploration into Pastorius heritage, a rereading and widening of horizons. Respecting the legacy but asserting your own identity ….Relevant arrangements, toned down individualism for the sake of the collective work, and the obvious desire to create a kind of bridge between American and European jazz contribute to making this ambitious disc a real success. » Arnaud STEFANI.Elected disc Citizen Jazz
«A bass player paying tribute to Jaco Pastorius? Suspicious... But you’re wrong. Fred Monino isn’t just using Jaco as an excuse to show off. That’s not what he’s about... So to avoid ad-libbing in the same old groove as the regrettable zealots of the regretted Floridian poet, Monino formed a trio of hidalgos with just the right tone and tempo... For good measure and to explore all the possible jacological sounds, our three friends invited five others - a great idea, because this major fifth has made a decisive contribution... Rarely has Jaco’s music been so loved. And yes, that love is contagious. Highly and warmly recommended by your humble servant »
Frederic GOATY. Editor of Jazzmagazine Disque d’émoi.
« ..This is an intelligent rereading of Pastorius’ compositions with original instrumentation based on a trio….As an instrumentalist, Monino had the bright idea of not plagiarizing his master and playing this repertoire his own way, with his own tone and balanced mixing. And we truly appreciate his approach, which is modest, innovative and respectful at the same time » Lionel ESKENAZI. 4 * Jazzman
« Frederic Monino's fretless bass playing does not hide where he's coming from, instantly evoking Jaco Pastorius. But the trio develops a personal and original colour of its own, giving us beautiful, refined arrangements that the guest soloists help to bring out. You immediately get a sense of space listening to this album. Nothing seems forced, each choice (of arrangement, soloist etc.) justtifies itself. The music breathes and the listener breathes with it. Around Jaco explores Pastorius' world - and very well in my view - but above all, gives us a chance to hear a group with a superb sound and that's the important thing.» Macao jazz Pierre Villeret
« …Grafted onto his basic trio made up of Lionel Suarez on accordion and Stephane Huchard on drums, are several distinguished guests …The unlikely composition of this line-up of brilliant soloists produces arrangements that are unexpected to say the least. Frederic Monino’s 5-string fretless Leduc U-bass clearly shines in this music, reinterpreted with the kind of elegance Jaco Pastorius himself would not have shunned »
Paolo COCCINA.Bassiste Magazine
« …Strange line-up for this repertoire, but it’s a question of respecting the spirit rather than the letter. Monino is a past master in this little game: his music refuses any kind of standardization, advocates complicity and improvisation. We’re in Pastorius territory here! Olivier Ker Ourio, François Jeanneau, Louis Winsberg, Thomas de Pourquery and Franck Tortiller are among the guests, adding to the excellence of the group as a whole, with some bravura passages: Teen town or again, the leader’s awesome solo in Punktroduction… »
Eric DELHAYE. Midi Libre
« The American Jaco Pastorius showed that the bass wasn’t just a backing instrument in jazz…Around Jaco is a tribute to a master, that’s worthy of the master... Monino’s bass takes flight, races along, then turns to velvet in the compositions of the American jazzman... We knew Frederic Monino was a great jazz bass player; after this performance where he took the risk of rubbing shoulders with a myth, we’re even more convinced »
Ghislaine ARBA-LAFFONT. La Gazette.
« A feeling of great serenity emerges from this recording and what a joy to hear all these musicians together, forming or at least belonging to a kind of family - the kind that can get together to play this music «Around Jaco» ». Laurent CUGNY
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