Dominique Pifarély Quartet - Nocturnes April 19, 2021 clean feed records)

Any new recording by French violinist Dominique Pifarély is good news. Being his quartet with Antonin Rayon,Bruno Chevillon and François Merville his more enduring band, this former companion of the also French reedist Louis Sclavis benefits from the maturity of this project, gained through the years, but also from an attitude of always reinventing itself, going to places that we not explored before. Interesting would be to compare this “Nocturnes” with “Tracé Provisoire”, the album recorded by the Dominique Pifarély Quartet for ECM. If this previous one had the undistinguishable mark of Manfred Eicher’s production, the first evidence of difference when listening to “Nocturnes” is in Sound.

More is to come, even if there’s similar poetic atmospheres and, as a composer (and particularly brilliant at that task), Pifarély continues to put his writing at the service of the collective and of their improvisational work, be it the ensemble or the individual solos. Besides the pleasure these four exceptional instrumentalists give to our ears, the way in which the composed and the improvised intermingles in this collection of pieces is a very strong factor of enthusiasm.

1. Nocturne 1 02:56

2. La nuit ravie (part 1) 02:36

3. La rumeur qui vient (part 1) 08:16

4. La rumeur qui vient (part 2) 05:00

5. Nocturne 2 02:09

6. Nocturne 3 02:20

7. Les ombres (part 1) 07:25

8. Nocturne 4 01:33

9. clean feed - La nuit ravie (part 2) 02:29

10. Ad augusta 05:32

11. Ad augusta 05:34

Dominique Pifarély violin

Antonin Rayon piano

Bruno Chevillon double bass

François Merville drums

All compositions by Dominique Pifarély except 1, 5 by Dominique Pifarély and Antonin Rayon and 6, 8 by Dominique Pifarély and Bruno Chevillon

Recorded on Dec. 5-6-7, 2017 by Gérard de Haro, assisted by Anaëlle Marsollier, at Studio La Buissonne (France) Mixed by Gérard de Haro on Sept. 7-8, 2020 | Mastered by Nicolas Baillard, Studio La Buissonne

Produced by Virginie Crouail / Archipels-Cie Dominique Pifarély | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design by Travassos | Cover photo by Ricardo Leiria | Photos by Jean-Baptiste Millot

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Tim Berne - inSOMNIA (2021)

1. The Proposal 35:57

2. oPEN, cOMA 29:55

Baikida Carroll: trumpet

Michael Formanek: contrabass

Marc Ducret: 12 string guitar

Dominique Pifarély: violin

Erik Friedlander: cello

Chris Speed: clarinet

Jim Black: drums

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Samo Salamon Quartet (feat. Dominique Pifarely, Michel Godard & Dejan Terzić) - Live Ones: Vol. 1

This recording comes from a beautiful European tour in November 2007 with a fantastic European quartet. All these musicians are top of their class. Michel Godard being one of the innovators of modern jazz and improvised tuba, Dominique Pifarely one of the best improvisers on violin and last, but not least, Dejan Terzić on drums, one of my favorite modern jazz drummers.

1. Remy 06:41

2. Tuba Solo 01:42

3. Man of Mystery 08:52

4. Sundays 06:02

5. Moonless 04:07

6. Sunflowers in Her Eyes 06:49

7. Spring Forest 07:20

8. My Rain 02:36

9. Chinese Bath 02:35

Dominique Pifarely - violin

Samo Salamon - guitar

Michel Godard - tuba

Dejan Terzić - drums

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Louis Sclavis / Dominique Pifarély / Vincent Courtois - Asian Field Variations (ECM RECORDS 2017)

Asian Fields Variation marks the first time that clarinettist Louis Sclavis, violinist Dominique Pifarély and cellist Vincent Courtois have recorded as a trio.  Sclavis summoned the project into existence, but this is a democratic group of creative equals:  “I proposed that we make a real collective, and each of us composes for the programme.”  For a ‘new’ group, it has a lot of pre-history: Sclavis and Pifarély have played together in diverse contexts for 35 years, Sclavis and Courtois for 20 years, but they retain the capacity to surprise each other as improvisers.

“We’re drawing also on a lot of different playing experiences, and we’re continually bringing new things to the project. We keep going deeper.” The album was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-les-Fontaines  last September, with Manfred Eicher as producer, and it is issued on the eve of a major French tour.  International  festival dates follow in summer 2017.