Le Voyage

Le Voyage
Le Voyage
Studio album by Paul Motian
Released	1979
Recorded	March, 1979
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary jazz
Length	43:18
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Paul Motian chronology

Le Voyage is the fourth album by Paul Motian to be released on the ECM label. It was released in 1979 and features performances by Motian with Jean-François Jenny-Clark and Charles Brackeen.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Don Snowden awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Le Voyage is a very reflective, ruminative disc bordering on chamber jazz and marked by that distinctive ECM sound, clean but very distant. It's top-quality music, but look to Dance for more liveliness and ebullience in this phase of Paul Motian's career.".^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]

Track listing[]

"Folk Song for Rosie" - 9:53
"Abacus" - 7:16
"Cabala/Drum Music" - 6:09
"Sunflower" - 8:48
"Le Voyage" - 11:12

All compositions by Paul Motian

Personnel[]

Paul Motian - drums, percussion
Jean-François Jenny-Clark - bass
Charles Brackeen - soprano and tenor saxophones

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Snowden, D. Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2011
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 148. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1048
^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[Allmusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Snowden, D. Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2011

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 148. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1048

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
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