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Benoit Delbecq - Crescendo In Duke (2012) {Nato Music nato-4375}

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Date: 27 Jan 2021 16:55:50

Benoit Delbecq - Crescendo In Duke (2012) {Nato Music nato-4375}
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Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Modern Jazz / Keyboards

Crescendo in Duke is jarring. Not in a ridiculous or repellant kind of way— after all, it’s a collection of Duke Ellington compositions. Safe enough. It’s of the high quality usually associated with French pianist Benoît Delbecq, too. It’s just that it’s so straight-ahead, it’s all but unrecognizable as a Delbecq album.

Delbecq’s made a name for himself with his prepared piano, creating a catalog of unorthodox jazz that can easily silence any grumblings about the gimmicky nature of mucking around the inside of a piano. But aside from a loop that underlies “Portrait of Wellman Braud” and a quirky take on “Whirlpool,” there’s not much of that here. Just the usual big band business with a more modestly-sized band.

Well, two bands to be exact. Delbecq fashioned two groups to tackle his Ellington homage: a small group in Meudon featuring Tony Coe, Tony Malaby, and Antonin Tri-Hoang on reeds, and the excellent rhythm section of bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel and drummer Steve Argüelles, and a Minneapolis-based group with the Hornheads quintet, bassist Yohannes Tona, and drummer Michael Bland. The French cast doesn’t veer far from the lead sheets, as though they’re lightly treading on sacred ground. The album’s climax, Ellington’s lengthy “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue,” is an enjoyable, competent reading, but it seems as though the group is consciously avoiding any comparisons to what went down in Newport in ’56. The American group is loud and funky, and the strutting rhythm section breathes new life into some of these pieces, most notably opener “Bateau.” Yet somehow, the drums in “Blue Pepper” still aren’t as funky Rufus Jones’ on Far East Suite, and the woozy take on “Acht O’Clock Rock” has none of the hard-to-place urgency of the original.

If I sound dour about Crescendo in Duke, it’s not because it’s a poor showing. The musicianship is as sterling as the line-up suggests. It’s just that the sound is so polished, so sweetly referential of Ellington’s classics, it becomes hard to see the edgy excitement that’s a hallmark of these musicians’ own projects. Still, there’s plenty to settle in with: a great rendition of the full “Goutlas Suite,” pared-down versions of “The Spring” and “Fontainebleau Forest,” and a salsa-tinged trio take of “Tina.” Every musician was inspired by some great music-maker before them, and Ellington’s influence is resounding even in the 21st century. Crescendo in Duke is a nice tip-of-the-hat. But after a quick look back, now it’s time to keep pushing forward.

Personnel:
Benoît Delbecq : piano, piano préparé, bass-station
Steve Argüelles : batterie, timbales, percussions, électroniques
Jean-Jacques Avenel : contrebasse
Michael Bland : batterie
Tony Coe : clarinette, saxophone soprano
Antonin-Tri Hoang : clarinette basse, saxophone alto
The Hornheads
Michael Nelson : trombone
Steve Strand : bugle
Dave Jensen : bugle
Kenni Holmen : saxophone ténor
Kathy Jensen : saxophone baryton, clarinette
Tony Malaby : saxophone ténor, saxophone soprano
Yohannes Tona : basse

Track Listing:
01 - Bateau
02 - Portrait of Mahalia Jackson
03 - Portrait of Wellman Braud
04 - The Spring
05 - Acht O'Clock Rock
06 - Whirlpool
07 - Goutelas Suite- Fanfare
08 - Goutelas Suite- Goutelas
09 - Goutelas Suite- Get with itness
10 - Goutelas Suite- Something
11 - Goutelas Suite- Having at it
12 - Blue Pepper
13 - Tina
14 - Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
15 - Fontainebleau Forest

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Benoit Delbecq / Crescendo In Duke

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