Le voyage (Paul Motian album) explained

Le voyage
Type:Album
Artist:Paul Motian
Cover:Le Voyage.jpg
Released:1 September 1979[1]
Recorded:March 1979
Studio:Tonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
Genre:Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary jazz
Length:43:18
Label:ECM 1138
Producer:Manfred Eicher
Prev Title:Dance
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Psalm
Next Year:1981

Le voyage is an album by the Paul Motian Trio, recorded in March 1979 and released on ECM September later that year—Motian's fourth album for the label. The trio features bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark and saxophonist Charles Brackeen.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Don Snowden stated, "Le Voyage is a very reflective, ruminative disc bordering on chamber jazz and marked by that distinctive ECM sound, clean but very distant. It's top-quality music, but look to Dance for more liveliness and ebullience in this phase of Paul Motian's career."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Motian

  1. "Folk Song for Rosie" - 9:53
  2. "Abacus" - 7:16
  3. "Cabala/Drum Music" - 6:09
  4. "Sunflower" - 8:48
  5. "Le Voyage" - 11:12

Personnel

Paul Motian Trio

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038750847 Le Voyage - Paul Motian Trio
  2. Snowden, D. AllMusic Review accessed June 26, 2011