News from the Front is an album by guitarist Marc Ducret which was recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label.[1][2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is provocative music to be sure, but it is refined and restrained, elegant even".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as “strikingly original and probably his best record.”[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Marc Ducret except as indicated

  1. "Pour Agnes" - 3:44
  2. "Can I Call You Wren?" - 6:30
  3. "News from the Front" - 8:33
  4. "Fanfare" - 9:39
  5. "Wren Is Such a Strange Name" - 8:52
  6. "Silver Rain" (Jean-Michel Pilc) - 3:20
  7. "Golden Wren" - 8:19

Personnel

  • Marc Ducret - electric and acoustic 6 + 12 string guitars, fretless guitar
  • Herb Robertson - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Yves Robert - trombone
  • François Verly - percussion, drum machine

References

  1. ^ Marc Ducret discography, accessed December 2, 2014
  2. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 2, 2014
  3. ^ a b Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2014
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_from_the_Front_(album)
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