Any way

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Complex arrangements played to a tee; restrained solos. The whole thing is perfect, polished. Mixed atmospheres crafted like the film scores he does so well. Ideal scores “Jazz Magazine” Any Way reveals itself, from the third bar onward, as one of the best records ever produced by a national independent label, and above all as a true lesson in craftsmanship from the famous beret-wearer. “Libération” There is grit, bubbling energy, effervescence, a most stimulating ferment in this album, a sense of revenge and affirmation too, here combined with a real will to perfection “Jazz Hot” A chameleon. A monster. The only common point among all the musical and sonic experiments Michel Portal has undertaken is perhaps improvisation, and its demand: to continually put oneself in danger, to throw oneself outward. Even his film scores and his interpretations of classical music bear witness to this urgency