| Napoli's Walls | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Louis Sclavis |
| Cover: | Napoli's Walls.jpg |
| Released: | 2003 |
| Recorded: | December 2002 |
| Studio: | Studios la Buissonne Pernes-les-Fontaines |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 60:03 |
| Label: | ECM |
| Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
| Chronology: | Louis Sclavis |
| Prev Title: | Dans la Nuit |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | African Flashback |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Napoli's Walls is an album by French clarinetist Louis Sclavis recorded in December 2002 and released on ECM the following year.[1]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "this record is full of sensual pleasure and an utterly accessible, often deeply moving articulation of a new musical language."[2]
In JazzTimes, Aaron Steinberg wrote:
"If you're curious about Sclavis' work as a leader, a great place to start would be the Frenchman's latest recording, the particularly pungent Napoli's Walls. Between 1987 and 1995, French painter Ernest Pignon-Ernest wandered around the Italian city of Naples, literally applying his artwork to the walls of the city. Pignon-Ernest's scenes depicting suffering and pain in a stark, classical style inspired Sclavis to form a new group and write new music in response. Sclavis has shown a particular talent for putting together remarkable bands tailored to specific projects, and this is no exception."[3]
All compositions by Louis Sclavis except as indicated