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Andy Emler Mega Octet

Title: Crouch, Touch, Engage

Label: Naive

Cat No:NV816721
Format:CD

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• This album was voted one of the best French jazz albums of 2009, receiving two prestigious awards. Andy Emler and his quartet will also be appearing at a week of French Jazz at the King’s Place in London in May 2010.

• Pianist-composer Andy Emler has been an important member of the French jazz scene since the mid-1990s, working with key artists including Michel Portal, Trilok Gurtu and the late Woody Shaw. He formed his Megaoctet in 1988 and has received widespread critical praise and many awards since then.

• ‘Crouch, Touch, Engage’ continues his ensemble approach, sometimes refered to as ‘jazz-rock opera’ - where he employs a fluid construction of composition & solo improvisation ranging from a small group to big band sound - influenced by Ellington, Mingus and Zappa.

• Personnel: Andy Emler: piano; Mederic Collignon: cornet, bugle, vocals; Thomas de Pourquery: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals; Philippe Selam: tenor saxophone; Adrien Amey: alto saxophone (DVD); Laurent Dehors: bass clarinet; Eric Echampard: drums; François Verly: percussion; Claude Tchamitchian: double-bass; François Thuillier: tuba.

Track Listing for Crouch, Touch, Engage
1. Crouch, Touch, Engage
2. Ouvertoire 2
3. Funky Sickness
4. Mail to Elise
5. Beautyfuler 2
6. La Regamuse
7. Reouvertoire et Postlude
8. Go Down Swinging

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Andy Emler Mega Octet

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