Crépusculaire (for Sven Nykvist)

François Couturier · 2006 · Nostalghia - Song for Tarkovsky (ECM)

Context

Longest track on the record (13 min 20), dedicated to cinematographer Sven Nykvist. Piano, cello, soprano saxophone and accordion create a slow atmosphere, described by critics as melancholic.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to French jazz, ECM and European jazz. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.

By the same artist

• Le Sacrifice (2006)
• Nostalghia (for Tonino Guerra) (2006)
• Stalker (for Edouard Artemiev) (2006)

Sources

• ecmrecords.com

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