Nicolas Masson Quartet Travelers

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Posted by SERTiL at Feb. 15, 2018
Nicolas Masson Quartet - Travelers (2018)

Nicolas Masson Quartet - Travelers (2018)
Jazz | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet - 248 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 119 MB
Label: ECM | Tracks: 09 | Time: 50:10 min

After two ECM albums with the cooperative trio Third Reel, Swiss reedman Nicolas Masson presents a quartet on 'Travelers' for which he is the sole composer.
Nicolas Masson Quartet - Travelers (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Nicolas Masson Quartet - Travelers (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 50:11 minutes | 981 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

After two ECM albums with the cooperative trio Third Reel, Swiss reedman Nicolas Masson presents a quartet for which he is the sole composer. The group has existed for a decade with unchanged personnel, touring as Nicolas Massons Parallels, and the leaders writing for it always encourages creative responses from the players. Amid the changing musical landscapes in which these travelers move, you will encounter some of Colin Vallons prettiest ballad playing, richly melodic bass from Patrice Moret, and subtle drum commentary from Lionel Friedli. Plus, of course, plenty of Massons pure-toned saxophone and elegant clarinet. Travelers was recorded at Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano in April 2017, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025)

Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 252 MB | Cover | 54:20 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 126 MB
Jazz | Label: ECM Records

Nicolas Masson's acquaintance with his fellow quartet travelers Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret and Lionel Friedli goes back roughly two decades - in this time the players have developed an intimate musical bond, expressed purely and beautifully on Renaissance, the group's second recording for ECM after 2018's Travelers. Comprised exclusively of originals by the Swiss saxophonist and one collective improvisation, the album's spotlight shifts between contrasting moods and shapes, capturing the venturesome leader stretching his compositional muscle in evocative interplay with his colleagues. The band is in a searching spirit on rubato exercises like the expressive "Tremolo" or the ambient "Tumbleweeds", mathematical on the more cerebral cuts like "Renaissance", but always operate with a lyrical disposition at heart, as heard elsewhere on the record and with a particularly gripping melodiousness on "Anemona".
Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025)

Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 252 MB | Cover | 54:20 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 126 MB
Jazz | Label: ECM Records

Nicolas Masson's acquaintance with his fellow quartet travelers Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret and Lionel Friedli goes back roughly two decades - in this time the players have developed an intimate musical bond, expressed purely and beautifully on Renaissance, the group's second recording for ECM after 2018's Travelers. Comprised exclusively of originals by the Swiss saxophonist and one collective improvisation, the album's spotlight shifts between contrasting moods and shapes, capturing the venturesome leader stretching his compositional muscle in evocative interplay with his colleagues. The band is in a searching spirit on rubato exercises like the expressive "Tremolo" or the ambient "Tumbleweeds", mathematical on the more cerebral cuts like "Renaissance", but always operate with a lyrical disposition at heart, as heard elsewhere on the record and with a particularly gripping melodiousness on "Anemona".
Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/88]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88.2 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 54:15 minutes | 948 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Nicolas Masson's acquaintance with his fellow quartet travelers Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret and Lionel Friedli goes back roughly two decades - in this time the players have developed an intimate musical bond, expressed purely and beautifully on Renaissance, the group's second recording for ECM after 2018's Travelers.
Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Nicolas Masson, Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Lionel Friedli - Renaissance (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/88]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88.2 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 54:15 minutes | 948 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Nicolas Masson's acquaintance with his fellow quartet travelers Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret and Lionel Friedli goes back roughly two decades - in this time the players have developed an intimate musical bond, expressed purely and beautifully on Renaissance, the group's second recording for ECM after 2018's Travelers.