Foreign Affair Trio SOUS LE VENT
Foreign Affair Trio
SOUS LE VENT
Zoho Records
Hector Martignon, piano/composer; Eduardo Dudu Penz, electric bass; Raphael Nick, drums; SPECIAL GUESTS: Luis Bonilla, trombone; Jean-Lou Treboux, vibraphone; Xavier Paternot, flute.
Hector Martignon recorded and mixed this project at Riverside Studio in Torino, Italy. The pianist, composer has, for many years, been spending an equal amount of time in America and in Europe. Predominantly, he has roots in Geneva, Switzerland. Hector Martignon spoke about those roots in his liner notes.
“Commuting between both cities (NYC & Geneva) for the last fifteen years or so, to visit my daughter Leticia and her children in Geneva, I saw a musical home flourish and thrive in both cities, to which this CD offers the finest testament,” Hector proclaimed.
In the very first song, “Prelude X” you hear Martignon’s deep classical roots as he plays piano. The story behind this composition is the sad and tortuous life of an Argentinian author, Jorge Luis Borges, who spent his final years in blindness. The classical arrangement at the beginning of the tune soon melts into jazz, with Martignon’s piano solo taking us on a beautiful, improvisational journey. Eduardo Dudu Penz sings along with his electric bass solo. It adds a warm, friendly feeling to his jazz improv.
Track #2, “Pasilleando” is Martignon’s tribute to his birthplace of Bogota, Columbia where he employs the Venezuelan-Colombian Joropo rhythms full of energetic spark and spice. Jean-Lou Treboux adds the vibraphone and Eduardo’s bass line dances beneath the joyful timbre of this arrangement. But it’s the brilliance of Hector Martignon on piano that makes this piece sparkle. Their interpretation of the Herbie Hancock piece titled, “NY Minute” invites Luis Bonilla as a special guest on trombone. The Title tune, “Sous Le Vent” is another one of the 24 preludes that is reconstructed as a Latin-tinged jazz arrangement in the Choro style. The flute of Xavier Paternot almost sounds like an accordion when he sings unison with the piano melody. I enjoyed his final composition on this album, written for the late Ray Barretto’s Jazz band in the early 90s and titled, “Gabriela.” Translated to English, the title of this album “Sous Le Vent” means ‘under the wind.’ Martignon would like the listener to share the shore and the space between New York and Geneva as they listen to this music, easy as the wind that fills the air between countries, or simply breathing in and out.
Reviewed by Dee Dee McNeil
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