News from the Front (album)
| News from the Front | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 23–26 June; 24–25 July 1991 Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:57 | |||
| Labels | JMT JMT 849 148 | |||
| Producer | Stefan F. Winter | |||
| Marc Ducret chronology | ||||
| ||||
News from the Front is a 1992 jazz album by French guitarist Marc Ducret. It 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]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Marc Ducret except as indicated
- "Pour Agnes" - 3:44
- "Can I Call You Wren?" - 6:30
- "News from the Front" - 8:33
- "Fanfare" - 9:39
- "Wren Is Such a Strange Name" - 8:52
- "Silver Rain" (Jean-Michel Pilc) - 3:20
- "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
- ↑ Marc Ducret discography, accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 2, 2014
- 1 2 Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2014
- 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.