| Napoli's Walls | ||||
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| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | December 2002 | |||
| Studio | Studios la Buissonne Pernes-les-Fontaines | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 60:03 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1857 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Napoli's Walls is an album by French clarinetist Louis Sclavis recorded in December 2002 and released on ECM the following year. [1]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "this record is full of sensual pleasure and an utterly accessible, often deeply moving articulation of a new musical language." [2]
In JazzTimes, Aaron Steinberg wrote:
"If you're curious about Sclavis' work as a leader, a great place to start would be the Frenchman's latest recording, the particularly pungent Napoli's Walls. Between 1987 and 1995, French painter Ernest Pignon-Ernest wandered around the Italian city of Naples, literally applying his artwork to the walls of the city. Pignon-Ernest's scenes depicting suffering and pain in a stark, classical style inspired Sclavis to form a new group and write new music in response. Sclavis has shown a particular talent for putting together remarkable bands tailored to specific projects, and this is no exception." [3]
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