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Jean-Pierre Boistel, Tony Kenneybrew

Percussions Pour La Danse (LP)

Label: Left Ear Records

Format: LP

Genre: Library/Soundtracks

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Percussions Pour La Danse was a collaboration between North American born jazz & contemporary-dance instructor Tony Kenneybrew and French musician Jean-Pierre Boistel. Tony, a Washington native who had studied, taught and danced professionally since the age of 12, found himself in France in the late 80’s. It’s here that he linked up with like-minded musician Jean-Pierre; who had recently returned from a 6-month trip to West Africa. A trip that helped refine his craft that begun in the early 70’s.

The music was created for Tony to use when teaching contemporary jazz-dance classes and to accompany live performance, allowing students to “dance slowly, rapidly and change speeds without changing the tempo!”. This work of rhythmic research was based on the “Balance of The Walk”; in 4 times, in 6 times, in 7 times & in 3 times. In order to reach the spatial possibilities he was striving for, Jean-Pierre would also use computer assisted programming to sample and re-play his own instrumentation. This allowed him to lay down the tempo of the track and then play live over the top, which in turn gave him the freedom to add the desired instruments and effects to each song.

Jean-Pierre’s use of instruments such as the Kalimba, Talking Drum & Sanza gives the album a distinctly African feel, while contemporary Jazz-dance time signatures adds a unique perspective to these traditional instrumentations creating an ethereal balance between the old and new.”

"Left Ear keep ‘em coming with reissue of ‘Percussions Pour La Danse’, a sought-after 1989 side of computer-processed rhythmelody written for the choreography of Tony Kenneybrew. Afro, balearic, cosmic disco ‘eads and fiends gonna freak out over this one, especially for their 9 minute, Pekka Airaksinen-like jazz out on ‘Vas Y Peter’" boomkat

Details
Cat. number: LER 1016
Year: 2019