On January 22, 2013, three innovative musicians recorded at Studio de Meudon in Paris, France for nuscope recordings. Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser, who currently resides in Berlin, Germany and Brooklyn, New York, is best known for his meditative, original, and exciting trombone playing. Paris resident Benoît Delbecq, of course, is a truly original pianist who merges such seemingly disparate influences as Gyorgy Ligeti, John Cage, Steve Lacy, and even electronica into a new and refreshing style. Gerry Hemingway, now resident in Luzern, Switzerland, is a penultimate drummer and composer who has performed with many musicians including Anthony Braxton and Ray Anderson. Hemingway has recorded for nuscope as a part of his great trio with Georg Graewe and Ernst Reijseger (Counterfactuals – CD 1010).
All three musicians have ties to one another. Blaser and Delbecq recently recorded and toured with Francois Houle’s sextet. Hemingway is the replacement for the late Paul Motian in Blaser’s Consort in Motion, who is about to record a new disc in February for the Songlines label. Delbecq and Hemingway have performed as a duo, and also recorded as a part of a special double trio featuring pianist Fred Hersch (also for Songlines).
This recording is to include compositions by all musicians. Following the recording, Delbecq will go into Plush Studio with the great engineer, Etienne Bultingaire, to mix the recording. Nuscope’s engineer, Alan Bise will follow with the final master for 88.2/24 bit download and CD. With luck, the recording will be released in October of this year. This should be an exciting project that is of utmost interest to fans of all three musicians.
A wonderful CD. My review is on my blog at http://improvisedblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/blaserdelbecqhemingway-fourth-landscape.html