Jerome Sabbagh

I Will Follow You (BEE 034)

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I Will Follow You

Jerome Sabbagh

Bee Jazz

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BEE 125226

BEE 034

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I Will Follow You

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4 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE (March, 2001)
 
The French New York-based saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh has been turning heads with his series of elegant inside-out efforts over the last few years, but on his latest effort he goes out on a limb by pushing into free improv territory. It helps that one of his main partners here is guitarist Ben Monder who smoothly intuits where to go and when, but even the veteran Swiss drummer Daniel Humair forms an instant rapport here in his first meeting with Sabbagh. At times the instrumentation—and the relatively gauzy attack on some of the pre-composed pieces like “The Clown”—suggest the sound of Paul Motian’s great trio with Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell, but by the time I Will Follow You has efficiently ripped through its 13 concise pieces there’s little doubt that this grouping has carved out its own turf. It’s a bit surprising that Sabbagh tends to be the most restrained presence here, especially when heard against some of Monder’s most extroverted and acid-toned performances—on “Saloon” he unleashes his inner rocker, while on the title track his low-end zigzags stomp like a dinosaur—but that doesn’t mean he plays it safe.
On his gorgeous ballad “La Fée Morgane” he summons the baroque beauty of medieval music, while on the aptly titled “Haiku” he borrows poetic form to construct his austerely attractive lines. There’s a consistent feeling of exploration on display tempered with an unforgiving discipline - a great combination.
- Peter Margasak, Down Beat (March 2011)

Personnel:

JEROME SABBAGH, tenor & soprano sax
BEN MONDER, guitar
DANIEL HUMAIR, drums

Recorded in studio, Paris, May 5, 2010.

Tracks:

01. I Will Follow You
02. Monolith
03. The Clown; Comptine;
04. Come With Me
05. More
06. La Fée Morgane
07. Saloon
08. Apaisé
09. Rahan
10. Haiku
11. We Play, The You Play
12. I Should Care.