Jean Derome
Confitures de Gagaku
FormatCDLabelLes Disques VictoGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Victo 40th Anniversary Super Sale. Confitures de Gagaku ("Gagaku Jam" or "Gagaku Preserves") was Jean Derome's first album under his own name. The idea for this project, inspired by Japanese gagaku, magic squares, and haikus, dates back to 1983. Over the next five years, Derome composed the 11 pieces that would come together on this album. Some, such as "Saturne" and "Oiseaux," were first recorded for his duo albums with René Lussier. Derome recorded Confitures de Gagaku in Winter 1988 with an 11-piece ensemble made of flutes, clarinets, saxophones, keyboards (piano and synthesizers), double bass, percussion, and vocals. Some names are regulars of the Ambiances Magnetiques stables: Pierre Cartier, Guillaume Dostaler, Robert M. Lepage, Jean-Denis Levasseur, Pierre Tanguay. Others are less usual contributors and one must point out the presence of jazz singer Karen Young who plays a central role in the project, delicately giving life to the haikus. Confitures de Gagaku is not Japanese music and does not sound the least exotic for that matter. This is musique actuelle of the purest Montreal brand, only it is less frenetic than usual: slower pace, bigger place for silence, more meditative. But "Nouveaux Oiseaux" is a typical angular-bouncy Derome melody.
François Couture, AllMusic
Format
Temps total: 51'50"
Recorded at Studio Victor, Montreal, January 28 & 29 and March 17, 1988.
℗ Jean Derome
© Les Disques Victo, SOCAN, 1993
Fabriqué au Canada
The booklet lists "Immense Fatigue" and "Lonely Eye Can't See" as one track (9), these tracks are actually separate in the CD index (9 & 10) meaning track 10 on the booklet is actually track 11.
Release notes
Temps total: 51'50" Recorded at Studio Victor, Montreal, January 28 & 29 and March 17, 1988. ℗ Jean Derome © Les Disques Victo, SOCAN, 1993 Fabriqué au Canada The booklet lists "Immense Fatigue" and "Lonely Eye Can't See" as one track (9), these tracks are actually separate in the CD index (9 & 10) meaning track 10 on the booklet is actually track 11.
| 1 | Beau | 3:10 | |
| 2 | Nouveaux Oiseaux | 3:35 | |
| 3 | Nuisance | 6:37 | |
| 4 | Rouge Éléphant | 3:09 | |
| 5 | Ouareau (Haïkus) | 7:18 | |
| 6 | We Do Not Work Alone | 3:57 | |
| 7 | Work | 4:07 | |
| 8 | Moon In Me | 6:14 | |
| 9 | Immense Fatigue | 4:00 | |
| 10 | Lonely Eye Can't See | 5:22 | |
| 11 | Saturne (Nouvelle Version) | 4:14 |
- Jean-Denis Levasseur
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
- Jean Derome
- Alto Saxophone, Flute [Flûte], Bass Flute [Flûte Basse], Vocals, Producer [Production Artistique], Liner Notes, Music By
- Catherine Dostaler
- Alto Saxophone, Synthesizer [DX 100], Recorder [Flûte À Bec Basse]
- Robert Lepage
- Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
- Pierre Cartier
- Contrabass
- Pierre Tanguay
- Drums, Percussion [Percussions]
- Michel Levasseur
- Executive-Producer [Producteur Délégué]
- Virginia Spicer
- Flute, Alto Flute [Flûte En Sol]
- Allan Laforest
- Flute, Alto Flute [Flûte En Sol], Piccolo Flute
- François Bienvenue
- Graphics, Photography By
- Pierre Hébert
- Illustration [Illustrations]
- René Lussier
- Mixed By [Montage Des Bandes]
- Carol Bergeron
- Percussion [Percussions], Saw [Égoïne]
- Henryka Lehmann
- Photography By
- Pierre Olivier
- Photography By, Recorded By [Assisté De], Technician [Technicien Du Son]
- Guillaume Dostaler
- Piano, Synthesizer [JX 3P]
- Joanne Vézina
- Producer [Assistante À La Production]
- Benoit Lavallée
- Recorded By [Assisté De]
- Gaétan Pilon
- Recorded By [Enregistrement]
- Karen Young
- Vocals [Chant]
