Poisson Nageur

Poisson Nageur is todays version of the famous trio which used to feature Eddy Louiss, René Thomas and Kenny Clarke, and this contemporary model makes full use of all the sound-potential in the magic organ/guitar/drums formula, with Emmanuel Bex, Gérard Marais and Aldo Romano sending tremors through the earth as they play with fire and water. When these three musicians founded this group in the early Nineties, their music aroused so much enthusiasm that François Lacharme decided to produce a recording of it It left a permanent trace: their feline groove, with phrases inspired as much by bop as by instrumental rock, plus their never-say-die attitude to playing, were all attributes announcing a freer aesthetic in the heart of French jazz. This CD reissue of Poisson Nageur is an invitation to (re)discover a brand of rock-tinted jazz with all the intensity and freshness it had some twenty years ago. Patrick FRÉMEAUX