{"product_id":"michel-portal-alors-lp","title":"Michel Portal – Alors !!! [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCould the missing link between Eric Dolphy and Albert Ayler be the Michel Portal of 1970? After having worked alongside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrançois Tusques defending a free jazz “made in France”, we find him here, heading up an international quintet of which\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeach member is on fire: John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin and Jean-Pierre Drouet. The quintet had full leeway to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebreak out the free-form in long ambient tracks to compose this Alors!!! which leaves listeners with just one word to say:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDo we still need to present Michel Portal?... Clarinetist destined for the classical and contemporary world after his passage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the Paris Conservatory, he decided to try his hand at jazz, with an incendiary flamboyance! After his first experience with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAndré Hodeir and Pierre Michelot, he would break all the codes with François Tusques (Free Jazz, in 1965) before starting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe emblematic Michel Portal Unit. It is the Portal of those years that Alors!!! offers us the chance to listen to again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“There are periods of insolence”, the musician declared and the year 1970 was one all on its own. Heading up an impetuous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einternational troupe, a quintet consisting of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJohn Surman (saxophones, bass clarinet), Barre Phillips (double-bass), Stu Martin (drums) and Jean-Pierre Drouet (percussion), Portal moves from alto sax to clarinet in the compositions shared with his partners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the off, the group sparks an explosion with the sound of “OO Bam Ba Deep” battered by the horns and percussion. Next up is the fabulous free jazz of “Yes, Oh Yes, You Wonderous Sun Kissed Maiden!” and the fantastic disjointed march of\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Ça Boom?” which shakes up the musicians every which way. The quintet imagined that listeners would need to catch their breath, and thoughtfully added: “Billie the Kid” and “Undercurrent”, marvelous moments of ambient mystery.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAudacious from beginning to end, including the sleeve – the bird-man and his quintet brain designed by Avoine, –, the album is a fabulous object, to which the label Futura gave wings at the time. And as it is being reissued today there is just one word to use: the French translation of the title, So!!!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSouffle Continu, 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"naturestripstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43117521109233,"sku":"FFL069","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8859\/0065\/products\/michelportal_alors.jpg?v=1659680639","url":"https:\/\/naturestripstore.myshopify.com\/products\/michel-portal-alors-lp","provider":"naturestripstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}