Georges-Edouard Nouel - Chodo [Reissue] (1975/2017) Vinyl

Reissue of a spellbinding jazz workout by master pianist, percussionist and organist Georges-Eduard Nouel, who hails from Martinique in the Caribbean, but played all over the world, with this his sole, solo album recorded and produced in Paris spring/summer 1975.

On Chodo [1975], Nouel leads from the pianist’s stool on piano and Fender electric, while entrusting percussion - both conventional and the native likes of guiro, ti-bois, tambour belair - to Dany Capron, Saint-Yves Dolphin and Fabrice Raboisson, all helmed by Louis Xavier on bass guitar.

Taking its name from a festive drink consisting of egg and white rum, the results are as fortifying/intoxicating as we’d imagine that drink to be, delighting with the whirlwind of Afro-Cuban hustle in Mazurka and beautifully mellowing out with the rolling breaks and sparkling Rhodes of Chandernagor, then with the mystic cascade of percussion and shimmering vibesssss in Solingen, but saving his most sublime performances for the slinky hustle of Cesca, co-written with his Synchro-Rhythmic-Eclectic Language partner Louis Xavier, and the dramatic title track, before checking out with his take on the Bacharach and David evergreen, Alfie.

Tracklist:
01. Georges-Edouard Nouel - Mazurka
02. Georges-Edouard Nouel - Chandernagor
03. Georges-Edouard Nouel - Solingen
04. Georges-Edouard Nouel - Meci Bon Dié
05. Georges-Edouard Nouel - Cesca
06. Georges-Edouard Nouel - Chodo
07. Georges-Edouard Nouel - Alfie