Simon Moullier: Spirit Song

Vibist and leader Simon Moullier also plays a bit of synth, percussion and balafon marimba as he leads a team of saxists Dayna Stephens-Morgan Guerin, pianists Simon Chivallon-Isaac Wilson, bassist Luca Alemanno and drummer Jongkuk Kim through nine dreamy originals. With Stephens on tenor, the team is impressionistic with a nice mix of vibes and percussion on “Acceptance” while his soprano is breathy on the hip hop pulse created by Alemanno on “Kenjalang”. Rich p iano by Chivallon melds with electronics on the pulsating take of “I’ll Remember April”, and the other hornless piece, Bala, is a marimba’d mambo. Guerin creates extra texture on the Weather Reportish “Prophecy” whichis filled with dreams and hovering tones, while his tenor is breezy on the chimey “Wind Chaser”. Rich pastels of rhythm.

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