HOPPER, Hugh - Frangloband
/ Published on 05-10-2014 /
The second volume of the great fresco with Hugh Hopper by Gonzo Multimedia label leads us in the footsteps of Frangloband . This
group has obviously a long history and the Paris concert in 2003
exposed here shows the whole evolution of this group used a medium of
expression Hugh Hopper. Things back to 1985, when Hugh Hopper out of a
sabbatical and starts to rotate in the company of a group. This training
is quite erratic in its composition and in its name. There are at first
Dutch musicians in training six calledHopper Goes Dutch . When the French guitaristPatrice Meyer joined the group in 1989, Hopper renames all FrangloDutch Band .Live recordings with this combo lead to albums "Meccano pelorus" (1991) and"Hooligan romantics" (1994), some other extracts being associated with studio sessions on the album "Carousel" (1995). At the end of the year 90 the FrangloDutch Band lived and Hopper rotates with its last original member, saxophonist Frank van der Kooij . He
returned some time later Meyer and creates a project 100% Frenchie,
called therefore the FrangloBand. With confirmed jazzmen as Pierre-Olivier Govinand François Verly ,
will accompany the FrangloBand Hopper 1999-2005. With only six concerts
in Paris and commuters in six years, one can not say not to say that
the FrangloBand displays a record worthy of concert Ramones and
Motörhead. But the live performances of Hopper and his French
compensated by the scarcity of exceptional quality. We find here an
example with this concert at Triton, small club of Common Lilac, east of
Paris. We March 13, 2003 and the band delivers a concert based
occasions Soft Machine ( "Facelift" ), John Coltrane ( "Mr. Syms" ) or 'd Isotope , Gary Boyle group where Hopper had happened ( " Sliding dogs " ). There are also excerpts from solo albums Hugh Hopper ( "Miniluv" and "Lonely sea and the sky" ).These
securities are paving the way to long improvisations on saxophone, with
the support of an elastic rhythm section served by the textures bass
Hugh Hopper, flexible and powerful. From time to time, Hugh Hopper is
for the public to announce the songs, revealing a perfect command of
French. long beaches that run this disc are exciting, burying the
listener into a progressive jazz technically perfect. It is not
surprising that the Frangloband was considered by Hugh Hopper as his
favorite live band.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT GONZO:
 | Volume 6: Special Friends SCD - £9.99 |
 | Volume Four: Four by Four by Hu CD - £9.99 |
 | Volume 2 Franglo Band CD - £9.99 |
 | Memories CD - £9.99 |
 | Monster Band CD - £9.99 |
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