News from the Front (album)

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News from the Front
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Studio album by
Released1992
Recorded23–26 June; 24–25 July 1991
Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length48:57
Label JMT
JMT 849 148
Producer Stefan F. Winter
Marc Ducret chronology
Gris
(1990)
News from the Front
(1992)
(détail)
(1997)

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

Contents

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
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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

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References

  1. Marc Ducret discography, accessed December 2, 2014
  2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 2, 2014
  3. 1 2 Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2014
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 408. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.