L'Affrontement des Prétendants

L'Affrontement des Prétendants
Studio album by Louis Sclavis
Released	2001
Recorded	September 1999
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:37
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Louis Sclavis chronology
Les Violences de Rameau (1996) L'Affrontement des Prétendants (1999) Dans la Nuit (2000)

L'Affrontement des Prétendants is an album by French clarinetist Louis Sclavis recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is as a quintet this band plays, as a musical unit that is seasoned and confident and in full possession of its strengths and musical empathies. So democratic and accomplished is this band that it sounds as if it has no leader, but only music to play. And that's as high a compliment as any reviewer can pay".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Louis Sclavis except as indicated

1. "L' Affrontement des Prétendants" - 8:45
2. "Distances" (Vincent Courtois, Sclavis) - 3:19
3. "Contre Contre" - 6:40
4. "Hors les Murs" (Bruno Chevillon) - 2:50
5. "Possibles" - 5:25
6. "Hommage À Lounès Matoub" - 16:59
7. "Le Temps d'Après" - 8:06
8. "Maputo Introduction" - 2:32
9. "Maputo" 6:32
10. "La Mémoire des Mains" (Chevillon, François Merville, Sclavis) - 2:29

• Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-Les-Fontaines, France in September 1999.

Personnel

• Louis Sclavis — clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
• Jean-Luc Cappozzo — trumpet
• Vincent Courtois — cello
• Bruno Chevillon — double bass
• François Merville — drums

References

1. ECM discography accessed November 9, 2011
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 9, 2011