Gallaz-Massy Chamber Duet Comme il faut - CLA3016 - Claves - Classique - Nos labels

Bertrand Gallaz and Pierre-François Massy met in 1984, the year in which they gave several concerts as a trio with drummer Olivier Clerc, interpreting Ornette Coleman’s compositions in a creative and libertarian way. In 2015 the two musicians met again to elaborate as a duo a more diversified repertoire, illustrated by a few “house” recordings whose musical quality en¬couraged them to continue and deepen their work. The repertoire is made up of original pieces and cov¬ers coming from many horizons: Ornette Coleman always, Thelonious Monk, but also Swiss or Ameri¬can popular music, songs or television series. These numerous pieces of contrasting lengths are organized in mini-sets of 2 to 5 compositions, in order to develop the narrative aspect of the con¬cert, thus making them pieces in several move¬ments. The assemblies are organized according to tonalities, contrasts of rhythms or colors, their ho¬mogeneity or on the contrary, the effect of surprise or humor generated by the juxtaposition. The two musicians tried to appropriate these re¬prises as much as possible, with the objective of reinventing them and developing a personal and original language and color. The concretization of this work was possible thanks to the engagement for four concerts at the AB? gallery in Lausanne in the context of an ex¬hibition dedicated to the artist, Suzanna Pattoni. This recording is thus a faithful reflection of these concerts given in Lausanne in October 2020.