Fleuve (album)

Fleuve
Studio album by Pierre Favre Ensemble
Released	2006
Recorded	October 2005 at Volkshaus in Basel, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:57
Label	ECM ECM 1977
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Pierre Favre chronology
Two in One (2005) Fleuve (2005) Solo: Münster, Berne (2005)

Fleuve is an album by percussionist Pierre Favre recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Fleuve is an album of gorgeous, flowing textures and sound colors that seduce the listener toward them, bringing them slowly along through the recording".^[2] All About Jazz correspondent Budd Kopman stated "Favre has created music of many layers that exists totally outside of any specific genre. By turns profound, exciting and overtly beautiful, Fleuve is art of the highest degree".^[3] On the same site John Kelman said "There are those who believe that percussionists don't make compelling composers and/or bandleaders. Favre's small but significant body of work for ECM lays waste to any such claims, with Fleuve the best argument yet".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Pierre Favre

1. "Mort d'Eurydice" - 5:33
2. "Panama" - 6:35
3. "Albatros" - 7:57
4. "Reflet Sud" - 8:03
5. "Fire Red – Gas Blue – Ghost Green" - 7:55
6. "Nile" - 8:24
7. "Decors" - 7:30

Personnel

• Pierre Favre - drums, percussion
• Michel Godard - tuba, serpent
• Frank Kroll - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
• Helene Breschand - harp
• Philipp Schaufelberger - guitar
• Bänz Oester - bass
• Wolfgang Zwiauer - bass guitar

References

1. ECM discography accessed May 19, 2014
2. Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed May 19, 2014
3. Kopman, B., All About Jazz Review, July 30, 2007
4. Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, April 18, 2007