Erik Truffaz - Bending New Corners (1999)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Erik Truffaz Title Bending New Corners Length 61:52 Discs: 1 Tracks: 10 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label EMI Cat. Number 522123 Style Acid Jazz Rating Recorded kwiecień 1999  at  Studio du Fion, Lausanne, Switzerland

Musicians	Credits
Erik Truffaz trumpet Patrick Muller digital piano Marcello Giuliani bass Marc Erbetta drums, percussion Nya rap	Producer Nicolas Pflug Mastering Alex Gopher

Track list

01 Sweet Mercy 05:14 02 Arroyo 06:30 03 More 06:12 04 Less 03:58 05 Siegfried 06:58 06 Bending New Corners 08:11 07 Betty 04:19 08 Minaret 06:00 09 Friendly Fire 04:20 10 And 10:10 ghost track - starts 5:25

Notes

_AMG Review (2 1/2): An odd reissue of sorts, Bending New Corners combines tracks off two of trumpeter Erik Truffaz's previous albums. It is unclear why Blue Note felt the need to repackage these tracks yet again; however, here they are and they are worth a listen. Containing tracks from the sessions that produced The Mask and its European version, The Dream, Bending New Corners is a groove-oriented work that draws heavily on late-'60s and early-'70s Miles Davis. To these ends, Truffaz is a forward-thinking improviser with a plangent tone and knack for writing funky, modal compositions. Adding to the hip quotient, rapper Nya guests on a few tracks, delivering a gruff, philosophical vibe that is more G. Love than G Unit. Recorded in 1999, the tracks seem more connected to the post-rock, jazz-rap movements of the '90s; in the post-2000 world they don't feel as cutting edge as Truffaz would probably like them to seem. — Matt Collar