On June 19, 2023, La Gazette Bleue d’Action Jazz published a review by Alain Fleche of Life & Umbrella, the album by Javier Red’s Imagery Converter. The magazine had already added “Thoughts Unable to Be Contained” to its end-of-May 2023 playlist.
What La Gazette Bleue wrote
La musique obtenue est fouillée, déroutante mais attachante, avec de l’émotion mais sans sentimentalité excessive, elle invite à la réflexion. (…) Projet ambitieux, casse-gueule, passionnant pour un bien beau plaisir d’écoute. Une perle rare ! (“The resulting music is deep, disconcerting but endearing, emotional without excessive sentimentality, and it invites reflection. An ambitious, daring, fascinating project for a fine listening pleasure. A rare gem!”)
Alain Fleche, La Gazette Bleue d’Action Jazz
The review and the playlist
The review describes an organic, instinctive rhythmic approach, cites Stravinsky and Steve Coleman among Javier Red’s references and also evokes Satie and Monk. A few weeks earlier, the Gazette’s end-of-May playlist featured the track “Thoughts Unable to Be Contained” (Playlist de fin-mai 2023).
Read the review on La Gazette Bleue
About Life & Umbrella
Life & Umbrella · Javier Red’s Imagery Converter · Desafio Candente Records, 12 May 2023. Twelve compositions by Javier Red that describe the emotions, inner world and daily life of an autistic child, and how parents experience it. Javier Red (piano), Jake Wark (tenor saxophone), Ben Dillinger (bass), Gustavo Cortiñas (drums). Artwork by Carmen Chami.
