enja CD 9111-2E.
Producer: Horst Weber
Producer: Laurent Coq
Artistic Producer: Bruce Barth
Engineer: David Baker
Assistant: Ed Reed
Location: Systems Two, Brooklyn N.Y.
Date: 25th & 26th feb. 1997
Editing & Mastering: Katherine Miller at Current Sounds
Photographer: R. Andrew Lepley
Cover design: Michael Stückl
(c) & (p) 1998 enja records
horst weber gmbh |
Laurent Coq
piano
Jean Christophe Béney tenor sax
Jules Bikôkô bi Njami bass
Daniel Garcia Bruno drumstitles:
1. Deille 6:29
2. Chinese Spot 6:25
3. 145 W96th Street 5:50
4. My One And Only Love 6:08
5. Jaywalker 4:58
6. Cherry Close 7:42
7. I Hear A Rhapsody 6:09
8. Interlude 1:28
9. If There Is Someone Lovelier
Than You 6:55
10. Linden Street 5:56
11. Sunny Side Up 2:59
All tunes written by Laurent Coq and
published by enja / Tutu / Sacem except (4) by Wood/Mellin, (7) by G. Fargos/J. Baker/R.
Bard, (9) by Dietz/Schwartz
"Records are often made by musicians who
dont work together as a band, with tunes frequently penned at the last minute. But
the band that rehearses and performs together gives the music a chance to grow richer in
detail, more subtle, more expresive, and more grooving. Such a band is the Laurent Coq
Quartet, heard here in their debut recording.Coqs compositions and arrangements are
unusually rich in shifting grooves, odd-time signatures and metric modulations, evocative
melodies, striking harmonies, and many creative uses of form. His playing on this
recording shares the imagination and resourcefulness of his composing."
Bruce Barth. |