Sources
Circum Disc, 2022
8/10
The duet of Raymond Boni (guitar, harmonica) and Sakina Abdou (saxophone, recorder), this nearly acoustic, instrumental listen is full of careful introspection and avant-garde jazz ideas that are quite captivating.
“Miroir d’eau” opens the listen, and it meshes the soulful sax and soft guitar with much grace and unpredictability in its pretty, bare nature, and “Résurgences” follows with very swift, dynamic brass alongside sci-fi like noises and warm acoustic guitar in the very adventurous appeal.
Landing in the middle, “Souvenir non identifié” finds itself in curious, minimal areas of soft plucking, while “Guérison inattendue” quivers with the precisely manipulated sax and atmospheric guitar helping make this the album’s best.
Close the end, the ambient droning of the recorder and unorthodox noises from the guitar are quite atypical, and “La source, le fleuve et l’océan” finishes with the meticulous sax and very sparse guitar in the slow burning, stirring exit.
A very charming and iconoclastic take on contemporary jazz sensibilities, the pair pull off an improvised effort that’s difficult not to be in awe of.
Travels well with: Le Trio Voyageur- Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan; Stefan Orins Trio- October 11