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Rouge (Louis Sclavis Quintet album)

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Rouge
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1992
GenreJazz
Length63:24
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Louis Sclavis chronology
Ellington on the Air
(1991)
Rouge
(1992)
Trio de Clarinettes: Live
(1991)

Rouge is an album by French jazz musician Louis Sclavis, recorded in 1991 and released in 1992 on the ECM label. It was reissued in 2006 and 2019.[1]

Reception

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In a review for Jazzwise, Robert Shore wrote: "I don't know what the Frenchman's inspiration for the title of this recording was – Rouge (Red) – but there's a fair bit of intergalactic shimmering going on in clarinetist/saxophonist Sclavis's ECM debut from 1991. And, of course, ECM is very good at capturing this sort of soundscape... It's a heady brew, pitched somewhere between avant-garde jazz and chamber music."[2] According to The Penguin Guide to Jazz, "Sclavis's ECM debut is a challenging and surprisingly abstract set that rarely allows itself to settle into a jazz groove. Rouge establishes Sclavis as an enterprising and thought-provoking composer. If it does so at the expense of rhythmic energy (a strategy consistent with his ambivalence about jazz percussion), it doesn't short-change in other departments."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

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  1. "One" (Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarély) - 2:35
  2. "Nacht" (Louis Sclavis) - 8:04
  3. "Kali la nuit" (François Raulin) - 5:20
  4. "Reflet" (Louis Sclavis) - 3:05
  5. "Reeves" (François Raulin) - 7:03
  6. "Les bouteilles" (Louis Sclavis) - 7:52
  7. "Moment donné" (Dominique Pifarély) - 4:16
  8. "Face Nord" (Louis Sclavis) - 10:33
  9. "Rouge" (Louis Sclavis) - 5:15 / "Pourquoi une valse" (Louis Sclavis, François Raulin) - 1:24
  10. "Yes love" (Louis Sclavis) - 5:57

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic Entry Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine accessed 4 May 2022
  2. ^ Shore, R. Jazzwise Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 3, 2021
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1165. ISBN 0141023279.