Andy Emler MegaOctet - Obsession 3 (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 306.08 Mb + 109.25 Mb (Scans) | 55:19
Contemporary Jazz | Label: La Buissonne - RJAL 397024
Alongside the MegaOctet, first formed in 1989 with “eight of their generation’s most flamboyant improvisers“, Andy Emler has performed in many different groups, notably alongside Michel Portal, whom he first met in 1985, François Jeanneau, Marc Ducret or Dave Liebman. He has trained music academy teachers in improvisation, received numerous commissions for a wide range of ensembles and formats, written music for the theatrical production of Jean Échenoz’s Ravel, worked regularly in the contemporary music field, made three trio albums with Claude Tchamitchian and Eric Echampard, a solo work for multiple pianos (2008’s For Better Times), etc…