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L'affrontement des prétendants

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L'affrontement des prétendants
Studio album by
the Louis Sclavis Quintet
Released2001
RecordedSeptember 1999
StudioStudios la Buissonne
Pernes-les-Fontaines, France
GenreAvant-garde jazz
Length63:37
LabelECM
ECM 1705
ProducerManfred Eicher
Louis Sclavis chronology
Les Violences de Rameau
(1996)
L'affrontement des prétendants
(2001)
Dans la Nuit
(2000)

L'affrontement des prétendants is an album by the Louis Sclavis Quintet recorded in September 1999 and released on ECM in 2001. The quintet features trumpeter Jean-Luc Cappozzo, cellist Vincent Courtois and rhythm section Bruno Chevillon and François Merville.[1]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating, "It is as a quintet this band plays, as a musical unit that is seasoned and confident and in full possession of its strengths and musical empathies. So democratic and accomplished is this band that it sounds as if it has no leader, but only music to play. And that's as high a compliment as any reviewer can pay."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Louis Sclavis, except as noted.
  1. "L'affrontement des prétendants" - 8:45
  2. "Distances" (Vincent Courtois, Sclavis) - 3:19
  3. "Contre contre" - 6:40
  4. "Hors les murs" (Bruno Chevillon) - 2:50
  5. "Possibles" - 5:25
  6. "Hommage à Lounès Matoub" - 16:59
  7. "Le temps d'après" - 8:06
  8. "Maputo Introduction" - 2:32
  9. "Maputo" 6:32
  10. "La mémoire des mains" (Chevillon, François Merville, Sclavis) - 2:29

Personnel

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Louis Sclavis Quintet

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References

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  1. ^ ECM discography accessed November 9, 2011
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 9, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1273. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.