We met for the first time in 2005, in Austin, Texas. What a pleasant surprise to discover Paul Hanson, a brilliant bassoonist and improviser so rare in the world of double reeds! The pleasure was shared, because after several musical encounters, we decided to build a duo based on free improvisation, yet firmly rooted in Jazz: So it was to be “Late 'Trane”!
Over and above our admiration for John Coltrane, a series of (premonitory...) signs confirmed our choice: Coltrane is constantly exploring new sounds and timbres (as early as 1964, after meeting the Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar in New York, he was inspired by Ustad Bismillah Khan, the greatest interpreter of the shehnai - India's rustic woodwind, much appreciated for its auspiciousness). Under the influence of Yusef Lateef (a multi-instrumentalist who also plays bassoon and oboe!), Coltrane became interested in Eastern philosophy and spirituality; on the album Africa/Brass, Coltrane uses the tampura on his track India, and out of admiration for Ravi Shankar, he named his second son Ravi...
Finally, we invite Jarrod Cagwin, an excellent globetrotter percussionist with a wide musical culture. After brilliant jazz drum studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he went on to travel and study extensively in the Middle East, North Africa and West Africa, developing a unique playing style for percussion and drums.
Reminiscences of Coltrane's music, the absence of harmonic context, the rich sonorities of oboe, English horn and bassoon, the use of electronics and the contribution of percussion, plunge the listener into a captivating and surprising musical universe that transcends the limits of jazz.
Jean-Luc Oboman Fillon
https://www.jeanlucfillon.com/
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"The fullness of his tone gives his instruments - the oboe and English horn - a place in jazz that double reeds rarely achieve", Franck Bergerot, Jazz Magazine
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"Jean-Luc Fillon has certainly introduced instruments that are rarely used in jazz, but above all he has created an original orchestral colour, full of sensuality and pulse.." Stéphane Carini, Jazzman
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"Don't listen to J-Luc Fillon thinking he's playing an instrument rarely used in jazz. His talent as a composer and improviser quickly makes you forget the instrument. From the very first track, it's clear that J-L F. knows what he's talking about and has mastered all the essential aspects of jazz music, not to mention an instrumental technique beyond reproach."- Martial Solal
Paul Hanson
www.paulhansonmusic.com
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"Hanson has taken the double-reed instrument into areas where it has rarely, if ever, gone before, combining a dominant improvisational sensibility with funk, classical and world music influences." Andrew Gilbert, Downbeat Magazine
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"Paul Hanson, whose bassoon playing, surely the blackest sheep of jazz instruments, is exuberant, playful, energetic and joyful, and, it has to be said, breathtaking." Ian Patterson, allaboutjazz.com
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"What Paul Hanson does with the bassoon is akin to what other innovators like guitarists Charlie Hunter and Stanley Jordan, banjoist Bela Fleck and bassist Jaco Pastorius have done with their respective instruments." Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times
Jarrod Cagwin
WHO PLAYED WITH WHO?
Jean-Luc Oboman Fillon
played with Bob Mintzer, Glenn Ferris, Paolo Fresu, Barry Altschul, Mark Feldman...
Paul Hanson
played with Bela Fleck, Billy Cobham, Jon Batiste, Wayne Shorter, Randy Brecker...
Jarod Cagwin
played with Rabih Abou-Khalil, Charlie Mariano, Joachim Kühn, Dave Bergeron, Howard Levy...
