Pronto !

Description

How do we know when we are a group? No! When do we know? What alchemy? What transmutation? What sonic trades? What little accommodations with joy? Christophe Marguet and Daniel Erdmann, long-time companions, know a thing or two about this. They have found each other. Summoning Bruno Angelini (piano) and, on double bass, one of the most beautiful sounds there is, that of Hélène Labarrière, they take a new step. But always together (Together, Together, the title of their album, 2013). Their common pact is based on a shared architecture. Material, compositions, pronto presto, words, a taste for melody, something blue that seemed like a wing, and this return to the ground after a tight turn (the last "song" as American musicians say, the last 'theme', according to the jargon of French jazz critics), which summarizes and brings everything together: the album (it is an album) Pronto! strikes with its cohesion, density, and homogeneity. Open to all. It also strikes, and this is not contradictory, with the extent of freedom it allows each of the four voices, as well as the possible sub-groups (two by two, suddenly three, etc.) 'Ultimately' – as philosophers say – 'in the end' (according to bankers), this margin of creativity makes perfect sense thanks to the thoughtful framework of the Marguet/Erdmann duo, expressed in their singularly close compositions, passed on to Hélène Labarrière and Bruno Angelini. The latter play the game as if they were part of a historic quartet. For all the times we notice that music could have taken this or that path – it did not..., sometimes we regret it, let us here salute, pronto, presto, the implementation of ideas and sounds that floated in the realm of possibilities, those blue evenings before words... Ideas and sounds that bear names: Dewey Redman, born in Fort Worth (Texas), Don Cherry, Eric Dolphy, or Ed Blackwell (the master of drums), all revolving around Ornette Coleman, Dewey's childhood neighbor. Ornette had elegantly conceived a term that was foolishly mocked (harmolodics) for what unfolds in the friendship of musicians. A message to be taken up, in flight, please, a message that can, that must be appropriated, without losing any of the successive alluviums, a message to be converted into a program that is always renewed. There it is. This is called dawn, Numero Uno, or Pronto!, as you wish... Daniel Erdmann (silky sound, whisper, quickly transformed into brilliant light) and Christophe Marguet (master of drums and cymbals) have achieved the most delicate aspect of a musical adventure: the art of inviting, integrating, and reigniting, in complete freedom and perfect mastery, always together. Francis Marmande 'Rich in numerous experiences, we are always eager for new human and musical encounters, this quartet is the exact reflection of that. 'Pronto!' means ready, being ready for something, staying ready, quick, prompt... and resonates like an urgency to live in the present moment, the intensity of the moment, it is also the awareness of being at a point of balance, a particular moment where we feel completely invested in our quest for music and life.'