Louise

Emile Parisien · 2022 · Title track recorded in June 2021 in Amiens with Theo Croker and Roberto Negro.

Context

Title track of Emile Parisien's album Louise (ACT, 2022), recorded in June 2021 at the Gil Evans studio of the Maison de la Culture d'Amiens. The soprano saxophonist brings together a transatlantic sextet with trumpeter Theo Croker and drummer Nasheet Waits. The title refers to Louise Bourgeois's sculpted spiders and to themes of motherhood; the piece, soft and airy, contrasts with the more intense passages of the record.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• Olive Branch (2026)

Sources

• actmusic.com

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