▀▀▄▓▒▓ Artist .....: Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio ▓▒▓ ▐█▓▓ Title ......: Arcoluz ▓▓█ ▀██▓ Year .......: 2006 ▓██ ██▓ Genre ......: Jazz ▓██ ███ Label ......: ENJA ▓██ ███ Source .....: CD ▓█▓ ███ Bitrate ....: 184 kbps avg ██▓ ███ khz ........: 44.1 █▓▓ ███ Mode .......: Joint Stereo ██▓ ██▓ Encoder ....: LAME ██▓ ██▓ Reldate ....: 2007-06-06 ▓██ ██▓ Storedate ..: 2006-00-00 ▓██ ▄▄▄ █▓▓ ▄▄▄ ▓▓█ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ █▓▓ ▓▀▀▀ ▄▓▄ ▀█▀ ▀ ▓▓█ ▀▀▀ ██▓▄▀ ▀ ▄▓▄ ▓██ ███▌ Tracklist ▀ ███ ██▓▀ ███ ███ 1. Arcoluz 3:02 ███ ███ 2. Berimbass 6:08 ███ ███ 3. Anda Loco 13:57 ███ ███ 4. 40 Dias 7:12 ███ ███ 5. Gitanet 8:47 ███ ███ 6. Entremundo 11:02 ███ ███ 7. Entre Continentes 12:35 ███ ██▓ ▓██ ██▓ 62:43 min ▓██ █▓▓ ▄▄▄ ▓▓█ ▄▄▄ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ▀▀▀ █▓▓ ▓▀▀▀ ▄▓▄ ▀█▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▓▓█ ██▓▄▀ ▀ ▄▓▄ ▓██ ███▌ Release ▀ ███ ██▓▀ ███ ███ French bass virtuoso Renaud Garcia-Fons has grown ███ ███ into a living legend, both for his breathtaking ███ ███ technique and intonation as well as his talent as a ███ ███ composer. A dazzling performer on five strings, he ███ ███ uses his instrument's entire range, thus dominating ███ ███ the music and making the bowed double bass sound ███ ███ rather like a cello or a violin. When listening to ███ ███ his percussive speed pizzicato or his sweeping arco ███ ███ flageolets, the breadth of his capabilities becomes ███ ███ evident immediately. As a composer Garcia-Fons likes ███ ███ to take the listener on a gypsy's journey through ███ ███ the Mediterranean area, especially Andalusia, then ███ ███ Brittany, Latin America, India, the Arab world and ███ ███ even into European classical music of the past. ███ ███ Although incorporating influences from far and wide, ███ ███ his compositions are always focussed and efficient ███ ███ and keep to the spirit of charming chamber music. As ███ ███ Nils Jacobson wrote about Garcia-Fons' last album, ███ ███ "Entremundo": "Each piece contains its own detailed ███ ███ narrative. Elements of the music might seem ███ ███ familiar, but just palpably so, and never in an ███ ███ obvious way. Just let the music ebb and flow, ███ ███ carrying echoes of places distant and not so far ███ ███ away. A beautiful experience." ███ ███ ███ ███ "ArcoLuz", the first live album after six studio ███ ███ recordings on ENJA, powerfully captures the fire and ███ ███ emotionality of Renaud Garcia-Fons' vibrant concert ███ ███ performance. With the core trio of "Entremundo" -- ███ ███ including upcoming flamenco star-stringer "Kiko" ███ ███ Ruiz and drummer "Negrito" Trasante of Gipsy ███ ███ Kings-fame --, Garcia-Fons delivers seven of his ███ ███ thrilling Spanish-influenced pieces, four of them ███ ███ being brand new. His trio's highly inspired, ███ ███ forceful and expressive performance, caught at ███ ███ Germany's Schloss Elmau in summer 2005, is not only ███ ███ presented on a first-class CD recording but can also ███ ███ be seen on a 85-minute DVD video disc directed by ███ ███ Nicolas Dattilesi. With subtitles in four languages ███ ███ and bonus tracks included, the DVD is further proof ███ ███ for Renaud Garcia-Fons' and his trio's extraordinary ███ ███ musicianship and deep-felt emotions. "He's in a ███ ███ position to unite nations of music lovers" ███ ███ (AllAboutJazz.com). ███