Friday 22 May 2009
JACQUES SCHWARZ-BART ABYSS
Jacques Schwarz-Bart-tenor sax, flute, vocals, Mario Canonge-piano, fender rhodes, Linley Marthe-el. bass, Sonny Troupe-percussion, Olivier Juste-percussion, Herve Samb-guitar
New York based saxophone player Jacques Schwarz-Bart fuses soul and jazz with Gwoka, the folk music from his native country Guadeloupe. ‘Brother Jacques’, a striking presence in the band of soul star D’Angelo, has worked with Roy Hargrove, Erykah Badu, Meshell Ndegeocello and Danilo Pérez. ‘Mr. Schwarz-Bart fuses the hard tone of John Coltrane and the young Wayne Shorter in the angular lines and asymmetrical structures atop rhythms from Guadeloupe. There is serious thought in [his] fusion’ (New York Times).