Review of the album Rue Langevin
A nice review by Christophe Rodriguez on sortiesjazznights.com.
Annie Dominique Quintet – Rue Langevin
January 4, 2018
Tenor saxophonist and sometimes bass clarinettist, jazz woman Annie Dominique has a unique brand of jazz tinged in Montreal poetry. After a first 2015 album named Tout autour, she now releases Rue Langevin, surrounded by a solid team of young wolves. For this quintet she can count on the support of trombonist Jean-Nicolas Trottier, pianist Jonathan Cayer, bassist Sébastien Pellerin and drummer Alain Bourgeois. With this very trippy new release this women’s voice takes her space on the Montreal jazz scene and is a beacon of hope.
Annie Dominique‘s very original compositions carry a poetic language that can sometimes brings to mind departed tenor saxman Michael Brecker. Brilliantly cultivating the art of the ensemble, she expresses a music without it being dissonant or academic. All throughout the tracks the poets and travellers that we are acclimatize our listening to the different harmonies that transpire from Rue Langevin, such as title track Rue Langevin, Unami and Cinquième dimension. There’s depth here, as well as forward thinking with the Yosémite suite, for example. Sit down and get into some attentive and focused listening. Nice album so let’s support it.
Rue Langevin / Cinquième dimension / Yosemite, Pt. 1 / Yosemite, Pt. 2 / Yosemite, Pt. 3 / Yosemite, Pt. 4 / Light Touch / Quelque part sur Mars / Umami
She’ll be in concert Friday January 30th 9pm at the Casa del Popolo part of the Multiple Chord Music HIEMS Festival 2018
To listen and buy : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rue-langevin/id1271418205
For more info, anniedominique.com
Christophe Rodriguez is also jazz, classical and book columnist/blogger at the Journal de Montréal