The Lafayette Suite Laurent Coq
Album info
Album-Release:
2015
HRA-Release:
04.05.2015
Label: jazz & people
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Artist: Laurent Coq, Walter Smith III and Ben Wendel, Joe Sanders, Damion Reid
Composer: Laurent Coq, Walter Smith III
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1Comte de Broglie06:03
- 2Baron Johan De Kalb05:24
- 3Pasajes de San Juan04:24
- 4Charleston, South Carolina, June 13, 177703:42
- 5Major Benjamin Huger05:00
- 6General George Washington03:27
- 7The Battle of Brandywine08:38
- 8Valley Forge02:58
- 9Comte de Rochambeau05:55
- 10Yorktown04:00
Info for The Lafayette Suite
The Lafayette Suite is French piano player Laurent Coq’s new album, co-signed with American saxophonist Walter Smith III. It was recorded in New York in September 2014 with a quartet featuring Joe Sanders on acoustic and electric basses and drummer Damion Reid, two musicians Laurent is familiar with since they were already featured in his 2008 album Eight Fragments of Summer (88Trees). Damion was also the drummer on Laurent’s 2003 quartet record (Like a Tree in the City, Sunnyside/88Trees).
“If the French jazz scene is exciting today, it’s due in good part to piano player Laurent Coq” according to Télérama, which praises the pianist’s creativity, his striking originality as a composer, as well as the rigor and inspiration of his improvising. A sideman with saxophonists Julien Lourau and Pierrick Pedron or singer Elisabeth Kontomanou in the past, Laurent Coq co-lead the project “Rayuela” with alto player Miguel Zenon, and recorded several trio and quartet albums under his own name, garnering much praise from reviewers.
The Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the Revolutionary War. A close friend of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette was also a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789.
Jazz pianist Laurent Coq's Lafayette Suite is a musical portrayal of Lafayette's adventures and his commitment to his ideals of the Enlightenment. Joined by Walter Smith III, Joe Sanders and Damion Reid, Coq's suite is inspired and audacious jazz for the 21st century.
Laurent Coq, piano and compositions (on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Walter Smith III, saxophone and compositions (on tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
Joe Sanders, acoustic and electric basses
Damion Reid, drums
Recorded at Tedesco Studios, NJ, on September 1 & 2, 2014
Mixed and mastered at Avatar Studios, NY
Tracking, mixing and mastering by Katsuhiko Naito
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