Brûlez les meubles is a two-headed musical project imagined by Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonnière and Éric Normand.
Éric and Louis have known each other for many years and share an interest in each other's creations despite the fact that they evolve in very different genres and backgrounds and that they live more than 500 km from each other. In addition to liking to improvise together, the two composers are records aficionados and share passion for contemporary jazz, among others.
Each time they meet, they invite different musicians to explore their musical universe, to give life to the melodic and simple compositions that they both prepare with pencil during the months that separate their meetings.
In trio or quartet, BLM has seen Jean Derome, Alexandre Robichaud and Félix Hamel pass through its ranks in addition to drummers Tom Jacques, Louis-Vincent Hamel and John Hollenbeck. The music of the ensembles is both modern and simple, abstract, but meditative and nourished by a common passion for the jazz guitar, from Jim Hall to Bill Frisell, from Rene Thomas to Brandon Ross.
In the fall of 2022, the group will release 2 albums:
Tardif, in quartet with Jean Derome (alto saxophone and flute) and John Hollenbeck (drums)
L’appel du vide, in trio with Tom Jacques (drums)
John Hollenbeck
John Hollenbeck focuses extensively on composing for and leading the critically acclaimed Claudia Quintet and his three-time GRAMMY-Nominated Large Ensemble. The recipient of a B.M. in Percussion and a M.M. in Jazz Composition from the Eastman School of Music, Hollenbeck has since received numerous awards and commissions, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the ASCAP Jazz Vanguard Award and the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award.
He is well known in new-music circles for his longtime collaboration with Meredith Monk and has worked with many of the world's leading musicians in jazz including Bob Brookmeyer, Fred Hersch, Kenny Wheeler and Tony Malaby
Jean Derome
One of the most active and eclectic musicians on the Canadian creative music scene, Jean Derome has earned the recognition of a larger public, a rare feat in the world of new music. Thanks to his large-scale musique actuelle projects, his compositions, his work as an improviser, his jazz groups and his music for the screen and the stage, Derome ranks as a major creative force, in Quebec and abroad.
Ever since his work with Nébu (one of Quebec’s first avant-garde jazz groups) in the early ‘70s, Derome has been consistently renewing and diversifying his approach of composition. In the early ‘80s, he co-founded Ambiances Magnétiques, an artists’ collective and record label that both raised his profile at home and introduced his name to the outside world. Derome has also shared the stage with several musicians of international stature, among others Fred Frith, Lars Hollmer, Louis Sclavis and Han Bennink.
credits
released October 22, 2022
Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonnière: electric guitar
Éric Normand: electric bass
Jean Derome: alto saxophone and bass flute
John Hollenbeck: drums and percussions
1,4,9 by Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonnière
3, 6, 8 by Éric Normand
2 by Albert Mangelsdorff
5 and 7 by Jean Derome (Socan)
Recording: Sébastien Côrriveau & Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonnière
MIx: Bernard Falaise
Artwork: David Lafrance
Graphic design: Marie-Pierre Morin
Produced by Éric Normand & Louis Beaudoin-de la Sablonnière.