Lost on the Way

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Lost on the Way
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Studio album by Louis Sclavis
Released 2009
Recorded September 2008
Genre Jazz
Length56:51
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Louis Sclavis chronology
L'Imparfait des Langues
(2007)		Lost on the Way
(2009)

Lost on the Way is an album by French clarinetist and composer Louis Sclavis recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label. [1]

Louis Sclavis French jazz musician

Louis Sclavis is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz.

ECM Records German independent record label

ECM is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres. ECM's motto is "the Most Beautiful Sound Next to Silence", according to a 1971 review of ECM releases in Coda, a Canadian jazz magazine.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is masterpiece among many well-crafted efforts by Sclavis, and comes highly recommended for fans of or newcomers to his extraordinary music". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Louis Sclavis except as indicated
  1. "De Charybde en Scylla" – 5:35
  2. "La Première Île" (Olivier Lété, Sclavis) – 1:24
  3. "Lost on the Way" (Lété, Sclavis) – 6:42
  4. "Bain d'Or" – 6:03
  5. "Le Sommeil des Sirènes" – 7:23
  6. "L 'Heure des Songes" – 4:19
  7. "Aboard Ulysses's Boat" – 5:52
  8. "Les Doutes du Cyclope" – 6:51
  9. "Un Vent Noir" – 3:40
  10. "The Last Island" (Lété) – 1:20
  11. "Des Bruits à Tisser" – 5:18
  12. "L 'Absence" – 2:24
  • Recorded at the Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France in September 2008.

Personnel

Clarinet type of woodwind instrument

The clarinet is a family of woodwind instruments. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight, cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell. A person who plays a clarinet is called a clarinetist.

Soprano saxophone the third smallest member of the saxophone family

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass saxophone and tubax. Soprano saxophones are the smallest saxophone in common use.

Alto saxophone type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E♭, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

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References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed November 10, 2011
  2. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed November 10, 2011
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