Chene Noir

Reissue of very rare French spiritual / political Avant-garde Jazz - Think Brigitte Fontaine meets Alice Coltrane via the Middle East. The soundtrack of a cult play from the “Chêne Noir” Theatre. A spiritual jazz work tinged with poetry and oriental music. A sonorous UFO of which only the 70s had the secret. To be classified between Brigitte Fontaine Marc Moulin’s Placebo and Strata East.

PERSONNEL:

• Abel Valls - bass, guitar
• Jean-Pierre Chalon - drums, percussion
• Pierre Surtel - soprano & alto sax
• Gérard Gelas - piano, synthesizer
• Jean-Louis Cannaud - flute, percussion, vocals
• Christine Schaffter - harp, soprano sax, vocals
• Monik Lamy - percussion
• Daniel Dublet - piano, vocals
• Philippe Puech - vibraphone, vocals
• Daniel Dublet, Pierre Surtel - arrangers

Recorded in Avignon, France, November 12-13-14-27-28, 1976

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Musique Des Martinets
• A2. Le Vieil Orphée
• A3. Musique De La Nuit
• A4. Chemin D'où L'on Ne Revient Pas
• A5. Musique Du Vieux

• SIDE B
• B1. La Route De La Mer
• B2. Le Rêve Des Saintes-Maries-De-La Me
• B3. La Musique De La Lumière
• B4. La Musique Des Amants
• B5. La Chute
• B6. La Musique D'Orphée