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Offering – Paris Theatre Dejazet (Live 1987) (@256)
26 Nov 2009
(Review from allmusic)
Culled from a ten-day residency at the Theatre Dejazet in May 1987, the two-CD set presents a whopping 153 minutes of music. Vander’s interests at the time were split between Magma-derived vocal pieces and ecstatic, jazzy jams inspired by John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. Vander sings lead on many tracks, front stage, sitting down at the drums only for brief moments.
The album begins with a recording of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” overture relayed over the PA — an eight minutes to set the mood. Then the full group explodes into a rendition of Coltrane’s “Ole”, pushing Stella Vander to the front. This is followed by a sequence of soft pieces using smaller configurations. Of those, “A Fiieh” and the Vander duet “Les Cygnes” stand out. Vocalist Guy Khalifa delivers a very conservative rendition of the jazz standard “Lush Life.” Disc one closes on a 22 minute rendition of “Joia”, swinging tone poem featuring Christian scatting in Kobaian.
The second disc begins with the 47-minute “Another Day,” a long, excited rambling derived from “A Love Supreme” with endless vocal solos and a nice piano solo spot for Simon Goubert. If that wasn’t enough, “master percussionist” Pierre Marcault leads the whole group into an extended tribal jam before Christian Vander moves to his drums for a 15-minute solo. By the closing Pharoah Sanders tune, the listener is as exhausted as the musicians.
Line-up:
- Emmanuel Borghi / percussion, piano
- Simon Goubert / keyboards, electric piano, background vocals
- Jean-Marc Jafet / percussion, (electric) bass
- Guy Khalifa / flute, vocals, background vocals
- Pierre Marcault / percussion
- Christian Vander / piano, drums, tambourine, vocals, flute (wood)
- Stella Vander / percussion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
Track List:
01. Lohengrin – Prelude – 8:25
02. Ole – 5:30
03. Cosmos – 2:15
04. A Fiieh – 8:40
05. Les Anges – 11:30
06. Les Cygnes – 5:18
07. Solitude – 4:05
08. La Nuit Du Chasseur – 1:46
09. Les Vagues – 2:18
10. Lush Life – 5:01
11. Joia – 22:21
12. Another Day – 47:20
13. Anta – 7:44
14. Chorus De Batterie-Introduction A You’ve Got To Have Freedom – 14:26
15. You’ve Got To Have Freedom – 5:56
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