Abdelhaï Bennani Trio
There Starts the Future
2009 - Ayler Records: aylCD-083 
http://www.ayler.com/abdelhai-bennani-trio-there-starts-the-future.html

* Abdelhaï Bennani: tenor saxophone
* Benjamin Duboc: bass
* Edward Perraud: drums
 
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/abdelhai-bennani-mn0001482658 
http://benjamin.duboc.free.fr/ 
http://www.edwardperraud.com/

Recorded at Les Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, France, on June 6, 2007.
Recorded by Etienne Foyer.


Reviews
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By Stef 
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2008/12/sax-trios-on-ayler-records.html

I had once heard Abdelhaï Bennani's "Ensounded" record, and qualified it maybe
too fast as good but not more than that, but after listening to this
performance, I may have to go back and revise my opinion. The trio conists of
the leader on tenor, Benjamin Duboc on bass and Edward Perraud on drums. From
the very beginning Bennani sets the scene by playing very intense, almost
agonizing tones, in short bursts and wails, creating openness and tension at
the same time. Duboc reacts well, both pizzi and arco, and Perraud joins with a
very implicit rhythm, keeping the tempo yet playing assymmetrically, now on the
toms, then on the cymbals, some rolls and a rimshot. The music hesitates, tries
to move forward, perplexed and in full suprise, yet it moves on, and as a
listener you would expect a moment of release, a moment when the thing explodes
into unrestrained hitting, plucking and blowing. You can wait for nearly 30
minutes on that first track, but that release does not come, you stay in this
little sound universe the trio has created for you : intense, open, hesitating,
agonizing. That doesn't mean that nothing happens, quite on the contrary, the
story they tell is an interesting and captivating one, there are variations, in
Bennani's tone, in some sudden walking bass and tempo increase, but it just
will not give that moment of release, before you know it, they're back in their
small universe, as a trio, for a bass solo, for some powerfully subtle drum
beats. The second track starts more uptempo, yet don't expect themes or
patterns, Bennani keeps uttering his highly sensitive squeals, and then it
evolves into slowness, with little sounds produced by the three instruments,
apparently only there as boundaries for silence and open space, yet the slower
they play, the less sounds you hear, the higher the intensity. You get the
feeling that some huge thing is trying to get out, emotionally overpowering and
potentially explosive, yet it doesn't, it's duly chained within this trio's
sound universe, making the story even more compelling. And that's the amazing
paradox of this trio : how free improvisation can create such a powerful
feeling of confinement and restraint (whether deliberate or not). A great
listening experience for those with open ears.

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By Hugo Strandberg (sv) 
http://www.orkesterjournalen.com/recensioner/pa-skiva-alfabetisk-lista/631-abdellhai-bennani-trio-there-starts-the-future

Par Serge Baudot (fr) 
http://www.jazzhot.net/PBEvents.asp?ActionID=67240448&PBMItemID=16274

Par Julien Gros-Burdet (fr) 
http://www.citizenjazz.com/Abdelhai-Bennani-Trio.html