Le Voyage (Paul Motian album)

Le Voyage is the fourth album by Paul Motian to be released on the ECM label. It was released in 1979 and features performances by Motian with bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark and saxophonist Charles Brackeen.

Le Voyage
Studio album by
Released1 September 1979[1]
RecordedMarch 1979
StudioTonstudio Bauer,Ludwigsburg
GenreAvant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary jazz
Length43:18
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Paul Motian chronology
Dance
(1977)
Le Voyage
(1979)
Psalm
(1981)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Don Snowden awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Le Voyage is a very reflective, ruminative disc bordering on chamber jazz and marked by that distinctive ECM sound, clean but very distant. It's top-quality music, but look to Dance for more liveliness and ebullience in this phase of Paul Motian's career.".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[5]

Track listing

  1. "Folk Song for Rosie" - 9:53
  2. "Abacus" - 7:16
  3. "Cabala/Drum Music" - 6:09
  4. "Sunflower" - 8:48
  5. "Le Voyage" - 11:12
All compositions by Paul Motian

Personnel

References

  1. Le Voyage - Paul Motian Trio - ECM Records
  2. Snowden, D. Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 148. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1048
  5. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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