''Outre Mer'' is the second full-length
studio album by
Garage A Trois
Garage A Trois is an American jazz quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.
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released in 2005. Combining drums, percussion, eight-string guitar and saxophone, it is funk-influenced and emphasizes polyrhythmic grooves.
[Stephen Latess]
Outre Mer
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reviewer Sean Westergaard stated that with the release of ''Outre Mer'' Garage A Trois "evolved from a cool side project to a great band."
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The full title of the album is ''Bande Originale du Filme de Outre Mer''. Various album reviews state the album is a soundtrack for a French film also titled ''Outre Mer'' which was never released. The liner notes include a short story by Klaus Tontine and a special thanks to Tontine Films France. When
Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter (born May 23, 1967) is an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter plays custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars on which he simultaneously plays bass lines, chords, a ...
was asked in an interview with Paul Olsen if inspiration came from the film he stated:
Basically, Stanton and Mike and Skerik and I got together and Stanton and I worked out a lot of grooves in the studio. That was our idea, just to put these grooves together—get "A" sections and "B" sections and just kind of build the music that way. And as far as ontinewent, I don't really know—I've never met him, I don't really have any contact with him. I was just down in New Orleans for the week that we recorded it.
Regarding the question of the film a reviewer Michael McCaw states, "Either way, the music speaks for itself."
[Michael McCa]
Outre Mer
''allaboutjazz.com'', August 26, 2005
Track listing
# "Outre Mer" - 4:44
# "Bear No Hair" - 4:25
# "The Machine" - 4:56
# "Etienne" - 5:19
# "Merpati" - 5:53
# "The Dream" - 2:54
# "Antoine" - 4:10
# "Circus" - 2:07
# "Needles" - 3:51
# "The Dwarf" - 4:14
# "Amanjiwo" - 3:17
Personnel
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Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter (born May 23, 1967) is an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter plays custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars on which he simultaneously plays bass lines, chords, a ...
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Skerik
Skerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, he is a pioneer in a playing style that has been called saxophonics.
He is a founding member of Critt ...
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Stanton Moore
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Mike Dillon
References
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2005 albums
Garage A Trois albums