Weird Life winner
One of three tracks streaming from the Etienne Manchon Trio we thought this was the most refreshing of all these, drawn from upcoming album Weird Life to be issued next month.
No newcomer, French pianist Etienne Manchon is here on synths along with compatriots double bassist Clément Daldosso and drummer Théo Moutou.
Bursts into a rhapsodic sense of abandon
Proggy and future facing there’s an insistent understated groove worked up by Moutou and need-to-know urgency to ‘Road Trip’ and an immersive warmth that radiates throughout and draws you in.
The main melody is pushed on subtly by the bassist and drummer.
Daldosso’s solo provides the balm while Manchon gets to rhapsodise – plot spoiler, eventually – in full flow and lets it all hang out.
A sound that also sends us to the Emily Francis trio
Their style sits nicely with rosbif jazzers the Emily Francis trio, especially circa Luma.
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