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« Here, Carrier's spirited attack is fused with grace, power and lyrically resplendent voicings, amid ventures into the freer realm. » « Francois Carrier has style. He keeps a balance between sound, linear content and expressivity in ways that are original and enlivening. » « Canadian saxman François Carrier smelts a molten spirituality into a silvery, vibrato-less alto sax sound on anew release that blasts off from Coltrane but find its own trajectory. » « I've described François Carrier's playing before on several album reviews as a very lyrical player, who can make his alto sing and resonate in a way that is reminiscent of Coltrane, in more than one way, including the expansive and spiritual nature of his improvisations. » « With lots of sensitivity and attention to the nuances of sound and with two musicians who have been collaborating for at least a decade, telepathic understanding is the modus operandi, and the saxophonist and drummer seem to be creating with one mind.. » « The duo adds something which is furthermore rare in free jazz : a great lyricism and melodic inventiveness... » « saxophinist Carrier and drummer Lambert show spirit and invention as they ramble merrily about. » « The two saxophonists urge each other onward with plenty of expressive ideas being tossed around. The session comes recommended for its conversational interaction that finds four members of a quartet getting along quite well in the pursuit of creative chemistry. » « François Carrier is a stellar Canadian soprano saxophonist. His tone is warm, buttery, yet powerful. I was already strongly touched by his former CDs. “Travelling Lights” with Michel Lambert and Gary Peackock, is in my eyes the musical equivalent of a watercolor painting : sensitive, precise, gentle, but so strongly emotional. “Play” is more of a free jazz outing with drums and bass, again recommended. On “Happening”, Carrier brings his music a step further... » « … together, Redman and Carrier are a fine match, they create a latticework of somber, blue lines. It’s a magestic, off-the-cuff dirge that grows into an intense mass of action. » « Open Spaces” has a funky, playful melody and conveys a unique blend of exploration and gratitude. You really get a sense that the musicians are enjoying themselves, which always takes the music to another level. » « Open spaces” is an album made of cohesion and passion, full of elegance and freedom, luckily devoid of clichés and formulaic posing by the artists. A worthy homage to a great saxophonist. » « ...this one’s another unassuming yet incendiary blowing date, and cheers to that, mate. ... » « ...among the most impassioned albums to favor my CD player in the past year... » « ...an original voice from the post-Coltrane continuum, a disciplined
but creative force...» « ...du jeu inspiré… une œuvre surprenante et expressive...
une excellente prestation de jazz...»
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