Splendid Yzlment

Michel Portal · 1971 · Title track, recorded in July 1971 at Studio Davout (Paris), released in 1972.

Context

Opening track of Michel Portal's self-titled album, recorded from July 6 to 10, 1971, at Studio Davout in Paris and released by CBS in 1972. Portal assembles an international free jazz septet, with bassist Barre Phillips, drummer Pierre Favre and American tubist Howard Johnson, in an expanded instrumentarium (bandoneon, bass clarinet, flutes, musical saw).

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

• Baïlador (2010)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com

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