Kartet - Grand Laps (2014) Lossless

Paris-based avant-jazz quartet, one of the most notable groups on the European scene, celebrates their 25th anniversary with a brilliant collection of new compositions in a superb audiophile production.

Their sixth album displays the group s many strengths: unique sound, deep collective improvisation, power with subtlety, and chamber music attention to detail.

Lively, unconventional forms define a musical conversation open to wide-ranging influences, from the free jazz of the 60s and M-Base to contemporary classical and traditional musics.

Pianist Delbeq has been acclaimed for his many solo and duo releases on Songlines, as well as in new collectives that include Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorsen, Tomas Fujiwara, Samuel Blaser, Gerry Hemingway, and in groups led by John Hébert, François Houle, and Bobby Previte.