L'affrontement des prétendants
Context
Opening track of L'affrontement des prétendants (ECM 1705), recorded in September 1999 at the studios La Buissonne. The quintet brings together Sclavis, Cappozzo, Courtois, Chevillon and Merville.
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.