Matthieu Bordenave La Porte Entrouverte (from the new album ’The Blue Land’) | ECM Records

Matthieu Bordenave - La Porte Entrouverte (from the new album ’The Blue Land’) Available here: Matthieu Bordenave: tenor and soprano saxophones Florian Weber: piano Patrice Moret: double bass James Maddren: drums ECM 2783 Release: January 26, 2024 For the follow-up of his ECM-leader-debut La traversée, French saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave expands his trio of German pianist Florian Weber and French bassist Patrice Moret with the unique sensibilities of drummer James Maddren, whose unrelenting pulse adds deft counterpoint to the group’s already idiosyncratic sound. Besides the soulfully angular rendering of John Coltrane’s “Compassion”, the quartet tackles eight Bordenave-originals that bridge the gap between chamber-jazz dynamics and post-swing designs. Weber and Bordenave’s oblique approach to their instruments – Bordenave can be heard on both tenor and soprano sax – coalesce seamlessly, spinning unanticipated lines over a highly interactive rhythm section.