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- Date Released: December 17, 1996
- Genre: Soundtracks/Other
- Style: Contemporary
- Label: Label Bleu / IDOL
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Jazz aficionados have the opportunity to discover another side of Michel Portal, who is also a composer of soundtracks. With Musiques de Cinemas, he decided to revisit some of the themes he wrote for movies and a famous French TV show with an explicit and ambitious objective in mind. For these new readings, he convened with mostly jazz musicians and approached the themes with a jazz outlook without turning them into jazz songs. The themes clearly reflect Portal's other musical interests and his acknowledged eclecticism. They also surely display enough harmonic and melodic qualities to be springboards for improvisation. Based on the mixed results, one is left wondering if Portal actually met his goal. "Docteur Petiot" is a beautiful tango, which gives listeners, for instance, the opportunity to hear Juan José Mosalini, a true legend of Argentine tango and surely an influence on Portal. Jazz definitely transpires through the rendition of "Max Mon Amour #2," featuring Paolo Fresu's smoky trumpet and Rita Marcotulli's angular piano. "Yeleen" is an engaging experiment that pairs Ralph Towner's guitar with N'Diaye Rose Doudou and his drum company. On the other hand, some arrangements suffer from dubious choices (the fusion-like "Une Histoire de Vent") or include occasional dull moments. Unfortunately, what sounded like a good idea is not fully realized in the execution, which prevents this recording from being fully convincing.
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Une histoire de vent (feat. Andy Emler)
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6:37 |
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| 02. | |
Max mon amour #1
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3:37 |
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Yeelen (feat. Ralph Towner)
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7:10 |
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| 04. | |
Droit de réponse (feat. Mino Cinelu)
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4:56 |
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Max mon amour #2 (feat. Paolo Fresu)
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6:16 |
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| 06. | |
Docteur Petiot (feat. Juan José Mosalini)
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4:47 |
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Champs d'honneur (feat. Paolo Fresu)
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4:12 |
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| 08. | |
Yvan Ivanovitch (feat. Richard Galliano)
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2:42 |
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08 Total Tracks, 40:17 Total Length
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Credits
- Aldo Romano - Drums // Ralph Towner - Guitar // Ralph Towner - Guitar // Ralph Towner - Guitar // Michel Portal - Clarinet // Michel Portal - Clarinet // Michel Portal - Clarinet (Bass) // Michel Portal - Clarinet (Bass) // Michel Portal - Saxophone // Michel Portal - Saxophone // Michel Portal - Sax (Soprano) // Michel Portal - Sax (Soprano) // Michel Portal - Main Performer // Michel Portal - Main Performer // Steve Boyer - Engineer // Steve Boyer - Mixing // Mino Cinelu - Percussion // Mino Cinelu - Producer // Paolo Fresu - Trumpet // Paolo Fresu - Trumpet // Paolo Fresu - Trumpet // Richard Galliano - Accordion // Richard Galliano - Accordion // N'Diaye Rose Doudou - Percussion // N'Diaye Rose Doudou - Tambourine // Juan José Mosalini - Bandoneon // Juan José Mosalini - Bandoneon // Nguyên Lê - Synthesizer // Nguyên Lê - Synthesizer // Nguyên Lê - Synthesizer // Nguyên Lê - Guitar // Nguyên Lê - Guitar // Nguyên Lê - Guitar // Jean-Pierre Bouquet - Mastering // Guy Lequerrec - Photography // Michel Orier - Executive Producer // Tony Rabeson - Drums // Stephanie Carwin - Translation // Andy Emler - Synthesizer // Christine Hautcoeur - ? // Christine Hautcoeur - Production Assistant // Michel Benita - Bass // Michel Benita - Bass // Michel Benita - Contrabass // Michel Benita - Contrabass // Rita Marcotulli - Synthesizer // Rita Marcotulli - Piano // Leonardo Sanchez - Arranger // Guillaum Orti - Saxophone // Philippe Teissier Du Cros - Engineer // Linley Marthe - Bass (Electric) // Laurent Dehors - Saxophone // François Moutin - Bass // François Moutin - Contrabass
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