Denis Colin & la Société des Arpenteurs live at Jazzfest Berlin 2010

Denis Colin bass clarinet
Tony Malaby saxophones
Sylvaine Hélary flutes
Antoine Berjeaut trumpet, flugel horn
Benjamin Moussay Fender Rhodes
Julien Omé guitar
Stéphane Kerecki bass
Thomas Grimmonprez drums
recorded live at Georg-Neumann-Saal, Jazz Institute Berlin, November 5, 2010

1. Jungoso (Sonny Rollins)
2. Ouverture définitive (Denis Colin)
3. Sujet à changement (Denis Colin)
4. Hopperation (Denis Colin)
5. Chicago Blues for Malachi/ Par Cheminement

French clarinettist Denis Colin is one of the veterans of the European jazz emancipation. Since the 80s his trio is persistently experimenting on the fine line between chamber music and free jazz. Since 1995 he in addition is pursuing an entirely different concept with his variably sized project by the name of la Société des Arpenteurs (“Society of Land Surveyors”).
Point of departure for the group dynamics between the musicians was the engagement with silent movies. In the manner of a slapstick flick, Colin confronts his fellow musicians with abrupt transitions between musical moods, constellations and intentions. In this band the surprise factor is incomparably high and it is not for nothing that the group’s new album is titled Subject to Change. With the bizarrely tantalizing flow of his “Society of Land Surveyors” Denis Colin once more demonstrates that the roots of the avant-garde always lie in the past.