Artist: Claudine Francois, Hubert Dupont, Hamid Drake Title: Flying Eagle Year Of Release: 2014 Label: Marge Genre: Contemporary Jazz Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks.cue.log) Total Time: 52:06 Total Size: 156 / 329 Mb WebSite:
Tracklist: 01. Tapiwa's Vision 02. African Flower 03. Nikosi Sikelel' iAfrica 04. Remember Mr.PM 05. Visage pale 06. Flying Eagle 07. Scot 08. Double Dutch Treat 09. Witchi Tia To Claudine Francois is a beautiful pianist, and we love her work on other records – but she sounds especially great here in the company of bassist Hubert Dupont and drummer Hamid Drake – both players who bring a heck of a lot of texture to the session! Dupont's bass is wonderful – often more melodic than rhythm, at a level that's also echoed by Drake's always-creative work on the drum kit – providing these shifting shapes, like different platforms in sound – from which Francois' piano lines take off boldly. Titles include "Flying Eagle", "African Flower", "Nkosi Sikelel Africa", "Scot", "Tapiwa's Vision", and a nice take on Jim Pepper's classic "Witchi Tai To".