NUTS

NUTS, projet original du contrebassiste Benjamin Duboc est un quintet free jazz constitué des grands musiciens Itaru Oki (trompettes, flûtes, tuyaux), Rasul Siddik (trompette, graines, objets), Didier Lasserre (batterie), Makoto Sato (batterie) et Benjamin Duboc (contrebasse). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///////////////////////These men are calling home. These men are crying for home. For many a home. France. United States. Japan. Elsewhere… When Benjamin Duboc gathered these four men around him, he knew he had to bring forth an underlying intuition that the gathering, the very act of gathering individuals was the key of music-making today. NUTS is a playground of gathered individuals caught in the act of meeting each other.////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////reviews//////Nuts Symphony for Old and New Dimensions Ayler Records, aylCD-097freejazz-stef.blogspot.com By: Stef * * * * *This is the second release by the wonderfully free band "Nuts", and the first release was in my opinion among the best albums of last year, with a double trumpet front line, two drums and the bass of Benjamin Duboc. Rasul Siddik and Itaru Oki play trumpet and flugelhorn, Didier Lasserre and Makoto Sato play the drums. Duboc's philosophy is that music has no center anymore, it is created by the context of players, of the moment, of the creative inspiration. And that's how the music sounds: shifting phrases, floating on an evolution of ideas and inspirations of the moment, moving forward, yet without a clear path but still focused. The first part is close to twenty-five minutes long, the second fourty-three minutes, and they were recorded live at Le Carré Bleu, in Poitiers, France on February 5, 2009. And what you here is music flowing, with variations in the levels of intensity, without rhythms or melodies, yet utterly musical and lyrical. There is nothing harsh, abrasive or violent, just this interesting development of creative interaction. The band is one of the best developments in the musical lineage that was started by the AACM, but the title suggests other sources as well : Don Cherry's "Symphony For Improvisers", "Old & New Dreams", and "OtherDimensions In Music". All among my favorite albums and bands. Creative beauty, sensitive lyricism, controlled freedom, respectful dissonance, and moments of magical expressivity. Let's give them a five star rating again.