News from the Front (album)

News from the Front
News from the Front
Studio album by Marc Ducret
Released	1992
Recorded	23–26 June; 24–25 July 1991 ; Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:57
Label	JMT; JMT 849 148
Producer	Stefan F. Winter
Marc Ducret chronology

News from the Front is an album by guitarist Marc Ducret which was recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label.^[1]^[2]

Reception[]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is provocative music to be sure, but it is refined and restrained, elegant even".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as “strikingly original and probably his best record.”^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Marc Ducret except as indicated

"Pour Agnes" - 3:44
"Can I Call You Wren?" - 6:30
"News from the Front" - 8:33
"Fanfare" - 9:39
"Wren Is Such a Strange Name" - 8:52
"Silver Rain" (Jean-Michel Pilc) - 3:20
"Golden Wren" - 8:19

Personnel[]

Marc Ducret - electric and acoustic 6 + 12 string guitars, fretless guitar
Herb Robertson - trumpet, flugelhorn
Yves Robert - trombone
François Verly - percussion, drum machine

References[]

^ Marc Ducret discography, accessed December 2, 2014
^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 2, 2014
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2014
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Marc Ducret discography, accessed December 2, 2014

[2] Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 2, 2014

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2014

[Penguin-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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