Matthew Shipp Trio "The Multiplication Table"

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Dix ans après sa sortie, The Multiplication Table est réédité. Aucun ajout de morceaux à relever, tout juste l’enveloppe sonore a t-elle gagné en relief, le rendu des instruments se voyant de fait accru et mettant davantage en évidence les interventions incisives et libertaires de Matthew Shipp au piano, le toucher ferme et précis de Susie Ibarra à la batterie, le puissant doigté et les vibratos à l’archet de son fidèle complice William Parker.
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Pinkhusion - Fabrice Fuentes

MEPHISTA "Black Narcissus" & "Entomological Reflections"

1 The Children's Hour
2 Black Narcissus
3 Willow's Weep
4 Cabbalussa
5 Poison Ivy
6 Black Widow
7 Legend Of Pele
8 Leda And The Swan
9 Laughing Medusa


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As such, listening to Black Narcissus can be a confusing and trying experience. Each sound suggests something new, and all three musicians are wont to follow that impulse as quickly as possible. It is liberating and beautiful, but also so hyper that it is impossible to listen to with anything but rapt attention. Unless one commits fully to the disc, it will probably sound like an experimental annoyance. If one is willing to surrender, though, there is a rich world waiting.
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allmusic

1 La Femme 100 Têtes
2 House
3 Drôle de Mots
4 Cardiogram
5 Void
6 Fractions
7 Entomological Souvenirs
8 La Château de Cène
9 Fringe
10 Procession
11 Beloukia
12 Air
13 Apartment
14 Sans Mots
15 Shifting Roll

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The unhurried impressionistic approach of Entomological Reflections, as the name implies, is meant to be contemplative, to absorb fully the heightened interaction between improvisers.
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AAJ

855 - Sylvie Courvoisier Joëlle Léandre Susie Ibarra "Passaggio"

Not your conventional modern jazz-based piano trio, these highly regarded improvisers pursue circular and open-ended dialogue during this vibrant set recorded in the studio and in concert. Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier works through many of these multi-faceted frameworks via Cecil Taylor-like excursions amid rumbling lower-register dynamics and sinuous chord clusters. Bassist Joëlle Léandre and drummer Susie Ibarra are afforded equal parts soloing space, where they expound upon previously stated themes. On pieces such as "Taktlos 3" (recorded live), the trio embarks upon a crash-and-burn free jazz methodology, featuring Ibarra's tumultuous polyrhythms and Courvoisier's fragmented progressions, whereas Léandre provides the snaking bottom end with rapidly executed arco lines or complexly constructed fabrics of sound. Some of these works are introspective, where the artists' serve as colorists in combination with purposeful call-and-response-type dialogue. Nothing overtly new or groundbreaking, yet this 2002 release presents the listener with a hearty program brought to you by three superb improvisers. ~ Glenn Astarita, All Music Guide