Erik Truffaz - Bending New Corners

Artist: Erik Truffaz, Patrick Muller, Marcello Giuliani, Marc Erbetta featuring Nya
Title Of Album: BENDING NEW CORNERS
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: BLUE NOTE
Genre: Jazz
Format:  MP3@320
Sound Quality: FULL
Type: CD
Total Time: 1:01:37
Total Size: 140 MB

Tracklist

01 Sweet Mercy         5:11    

02 Arroyo         6:28    

03 More         6:10    

04 Less         3:57    

05 Siegfried         6:56    

06 Bending New Corners     8:09    

07 Betty         4:17    

08 Minaret         5:58    

09 Friendly Fire     4:19    

10 And             2:28

    

Credits

    Artwork By – Bernard Amiard

    Composed By – E.Truffaz*, M. Erbetta* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10), M. Giuliani* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10),  Nya (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 9), P. Muller* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10)

    Drums, Percussion – Marc Erbetta

    Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Marcello Giuliani

    Mastered By – Alex Gopher

    Mixed By – B. Corboz*, E. Truffaz*, M. Erbetta*, M. Giuliani*, P. Muller*

    Photography – Siegfried

    Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Patrick Muller

    Producer – Erik Truffaz, Marc Erbetta, Marcello Giuliani, Patrick Muller

    Producer [Additional For Release] – Nicolas Pflug

    Recorded By – Benoit Corboz*

    Trumpet – Erik Truffaz

    Vocals – Nya (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 9)

review

by Matt Collar

An odd reissue of sorts, Bending New Corners combines tracks off two of trumpeter Erik Truffaz's previous albums. It is unclear why Blue Note felt the need to repackage these tracks yet again; however, here they are and they are worth a listen. Containing tracks from the sessions that produced The Mask and its European version, The Dream, Bending New Corners is a groove-oriented work that draws heavily on late-'60s and early-'70s Miles Davis. To these ends, Truffaz is a forward-thinking improviser with a plangent tone and knack for writing funky, modal compositions. Adding to the hip quotient, rapper Nya guests on a few tracks, delivering a gruff, philosophical vibe that is more G. Love than G Unit. Recorded in 1999, the tracks seem more connected to the post-rock, jazz-rap movements of the '90s; in the post-2000 world they don't feel as cutting edge as Truffaz would probably like them to seem.