- le rex: wild man
(2015, cd, usa, cuneiform)
Their combination of two saxophones, a trombone, a tuba and drums results in a very specific brass sound.
Instrumental jazz.
Joyful. Playful. Energetic.
Worth checking out.
Out on the Cuneiform Records label.
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/
Available from Mandaï.
http://mandai.be/
After two well-received CDs recorded with transportable gear on different specifically chosen locations in Corsica (the group named themselves after an abandoned cinema they found on the island) and Switzerland, the Swiss quintet, decided to take it one step further. The material on this third record is inspired by a very successful first tour through the United States of America, composed and then rehearsed in Chicago, premiered on their second U.S. tour and then recorded in Chicago by the sound engineer Griffin Rodriguez, who has recorded most of the exponents of the vibrating Chicago jazz scene as well as more rock oriented projects like Beirut and his own Icy Demons. Griffin was a perfect fit for the band, understood the preferred rawness and directness the group was trying to achieve and therefore suggested recording in his father's garage. Without trying to imitate the great American jazz innovators but to give them tribute, Le Rex found their own, European approach to the inspirations provided by the people, places, parties, stories, styles, long car drives, food and life they encountered as musicians on the road.
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