Denis Colin & Ornette - Univers Nino (2014)

It’s about Nino Ferrer the creator, who always refused to fall into daily problems and easiness, the guy who was a daredevil and not so well known in the end. It’s about this guy that Denis Colin wanted to pay a tribute. This open mindedness of Nino has inspired this album as an echo and as a response. His work on Nino’s songs has never intented to be a revival, neither in the arrangments or in the songs themselves. The clarinet player, with a very creative formation capable of making this instrumental texture and vocal expressions, has been well adapted to the rhythm’n’blues tunes of Mirza and Les Cornichons, like the classics of La Rua Madureira and Le Blues des Rues Désertes. The overall work make the album a rich and deep counterpoint, with warm and spiritful compositions like this great pop songs Metronomie, The Garden, Moby Dick, L’Arbre Noir or La Désabusion.
It is a network of secret compositions, made of small strings, flaws or breaks which explore the heart of Nino’s repertoire.

Tracklist:

01. Introduction (5:06)
02. Mirza (2:48)
03. Moby Dick (6:01)
04. Le blues des rues désertes (4:38)
05. Les cornichons (2:52)
06. The Garden (5:41)
07. La désabusion (3:37)
08. Métronomie (6:25)
09. L'arbre noir (5:54)
10. Viva la Campagna (3:38)
11. La Rua Madureira (3:46)

Personnel:

Denis Colin : clarinette basse, clarinette contralto, voix, arrangements
Ornette : voix, claviers, chœurs
Diane Sorel : chœurs
Antoine Berjeaut : trompette, bugle
Julien Omé : guitares, chœurs
Théo Girard : basse
François Merville : batterie