THE ALEPH QUINTET

"Shapes Of Silence", the new (and first) album of the Aleph Quintet features Fabrizio Cassol as special guest !

KRIS DANE - BOY, 26

• kris dane: boy - 26
      (1999, cd, bel, carbon 7) 

In the meantime, Kris Dane's "Boy, 26" album arrived. Gave it another listen. Excellent pop.
Featuring Stéphane Galland and Fabrizio Galland on a couple of tracks.
From 1999 !!

KRIS DANE - BOY, 26

Kris Dane's "Boy - 26" album, from 1999, features two third of Aka Moon (Fabrizio Cassol, Stéphane Galland), and the piano / keyboard player from Flat Earth Society (Peter Vandenberghe).

Prince-influenced, contemporary pop.
Hard copy CD available from Guy Segers through his Bandcamp page.

Data has been entered into the United Mutations Archives.

LA GRANDE FORMATION - ANYONE LIVED IN A PRETTY HOW TOWN

• la grande formation: anyone lived in a pretty how town
      (1991, cd, bel, igloo igl 090)

Checking out Fabrizio Cassol's discography brought me to La Grande Formation. I mentioned the ensemble's second album, "Galilée" (1993), a little while ago, but I'm happy that I found "Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town" as well.

Beautiful.

Here's 'Lettre Ouverte Á Charles Mingus' (open letter to charles mingus) :

FABRIZIO CASSOL - REQUIEM POUR L.

• fabrizio cassol: requiem pour l.
      (2018, cd, bel, outhere music out 663)

We saw the live performance of Fabrizio Cassol's "Requiem Pour L." a little while ago at 'De Warande' in Turnhout, BE.
Mozart's "Requiem" reworked for African musicians and classical voices.

Impressive. Very impressive. Maybe it was a bit too confronting at times as the performance included a giant screen showing the last moments of a dying woman. Peacefully and surrounded by family, but still rather confronting.

The entire performance made a huge impression.

"Requiem Pour L.", the album, sounds great. I love the arrangements, the world music touch, and, especially, the superb classical voices.

Out on the Outhere record label.

LA GRANDE FORMATION - GALILÉE

• la grande formation: galilée
      (1993, cd, bel, carbon 7)

Around the same time that Aka Moon got founded, Fabrizio Cassol was part of La Grande Formation. We're talking early nineties here.
"Galilée" was their second (and last) album.
La Grande Formation was a modern jazz group with an exceptional line-up : vocals, sax, flute, trumpet, clarinet, trombone, plus guitar bass and drums.
The result is quite spectacular. A beautiful mix of classical music and modern jazz.

Here's a track from their first album :