Quartette Humaine - Plak

ENGLISH

Quartette Humaine is the first creative collaboration between keyboardist -composer Bob James and alto saxophonist David Sanborn since their million-selling, Grammy-winning album, Double Vision, twenty-five years ago. With Quartette Humaine, James and Sanborn eschew the pop and R&amp;B production values that mark large chunks of their careers and offer instead an all-acoustic quartet recital consisting of<br>six new compositions by James, three pieces by Sanborn and a James-arranged standard. Joined by legendary drummer Steve Gadd and bass giant James Genus, Quartette Humaine is reflective and swinging with unfailingly melodic improvising and beautiful tonalities. "We felt it/s far more exciting and adventurous to move forward," James says. "Times have changed and we have changed." Adds Sanborn,"At this stage of my life, I wanted more than anything to play music that's challenging and fun, outside the style we've been associated<br>with." It's a poignant coincidence that the recording sessions occurred a week after the death of iconic pianist-composer Dave Brubeck, and the album evokes the sound of the Brubeck quartet with Paul Desmond. Bob James and David Sanborn have produced another<br><span>masterpiece.</span>