Manu Katche Unstatic

It has been six years since saxophonist/composer Jan Garbarek issued a new recording under his own name. For In Praise of Dreams Garbarek enlisted violist Kim Kashkashian and frequent collaborator Manu Katche on drums. Garbarek, who composed the album's 11 selections, plays saxophones as well as a host of keyboards and percussion, while Katche plays acoustic and electronic drums along with Kashkashian's viola. In many ways this is the most radical recording that Garbarek has ever issued, but not because it's outside – quite the opposite.

At various times in his long career, saxophonist, composer, playwright, and educator Archie Shepp has been regarded as a musical firebrand, cultural radical, soulful throwback to the jazz tradition, contemplative veteran explorer, and global jazz statesman…

Alexandre TASSEL & Guillaume NATUREL very succesfull in their native country France mixes Jazz,nusoul,hip hop,funk and blues. They present such wonderfull guest musicians as DJ Cam,Manu Katche,Marcus Miller,Guru,Laurent de Wilde, Franck Avitabile,DJ Reg and soul diva Song Williamson!
The compositions are a true treat of groove, learnedly moderate with discrete and warm electro beats.

Warm and down tempo grooves,smooth Jazz,drum ‘n bass flavours and soul sound scapes with glowing brass and boosted drums.
TASSEL & NATUREL is a cultural melting pot which on stage occurs in a live set mixing=machines and acoustic instruments.

GUILLAUME NATUREL,saxophone / flute, played with Dee Dee Bridgewater,Bjork,Ray Charles,Michel Legrand,Tito Puentes,Diana Ross, the Rita Mitsouko…
ALEXANDRE TASSEL trumpet and bugel horn, recorded and played with Manu Katche,Marcus Miller,Archie Shepp, Guru,Laurent de Wilde…

This 1992 recording by the Garbarek Group has their customary blend of Norwegian folk themes and original compositions, with the leader's big-toned soprano and tenor saxophones at the heart of a music that combines cool lyricism and intense, if restrained, passion. It's the emotion that Garbarek can concentrate in a single note that distinguishes his work. His soprano is a keening wail in the unaccompanied introduction to "Brother Wind March," his high-register tenor an impassioned cry on "The Tall Tear Trees." Rainer Bruninghaus's piano provides a reflectively lyrical contrast, while the shifting rhythms of percussionists Manu Katche and Marilyn Mazur add variety to the reiterated themes. The CD is filled with distinctively Norwegian touches.