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Napoli's Walls

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Released
  
2003

Length
  
60:03

Release date
  
2003

Label
  
ECM Records

Recorded
  
December 2002

Artist
  
Louis Sclavis

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

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Napoli's Walls (2002)
  
African Flashback (2005)

Similar
  
Louis Sclavis albums, Jazz albums

Napoli's Walls is an album by French clarinetist Louis Sclavis recorded in 2002 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "this record is full of sensual pleasure and an utterly accessible, often deeply moving articulation of a new musical language". In JazzTimes, Aaron Steinberg wrote "If you're curious about Sclavis' work as a leader, a great place to start would be the Frenchman's latest recording, the particularly pungent Napoli's Walls. Between 1987 and 1995, French painter Ernest Pignon-Ernest wandered around the Italian city of Naples, literally applying his artwork to the walls of the city. Pignon-Ernest's scenes depicting suffering and pain in a stark, classical style inspired Sclavis to form a new group and write new music in response. Sclavis has shown a particular talent for putting together remarkable bands tailored to specific projects, and this is no exception".

Track listing

All compositions by Louis Sclavis except as indicated
  1. "Colleur de Nuit" – 10:38
  2. "Napoli's Walls" – 7:22
  3. "Mercè" – 3:03
  4. "Kennedy in Napoli" – 6:29
  5. "Divinazione Moderna I" – 3:34
  6. "Divinazione Moderna II" – 3:35
  7. "Guetteur d'Inaperçu" – 8:23
  8. "Les Apparences" – 4:39
  9. "Porta Segreta" (Vincent Courtois) – 5:07
  10. "Il Disegno Smangiato d'Un Uomo" – 7:12
  • Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-Les-Fontaines, France in December 2002.

    • Personnel

  • Louis Sclavis — clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Médéric Collignon — pocket trumpet, voices, horn, percussion, electronics
  • Vincent Courtois — cello, electronics
  • Hasse Poulsen — guitar

    • Songs

    1Colleur de nuit10:39
    2Napoli's walls7:22
    3Mercè3:03

    References

    Napoli's Walls Wikipedia
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