Nguyên Lê 2 октября в Запорожье! + Céline Bonacina Trio & Nguyên Lê "Way of Life" (2010) / jazz

Céline Bonacina is a prize-winning young French saxophonist who lived on Réunion in the Indian Ocean for some years – and a broad world-jazz view, the input of Madagascan drummer Hary Ratsimbazafy, and French Vietnamese guitarist/producer Nguyên Lê's east-west improv vocabulary on four tracks adds up to a distinctive album. As a saxophonist, Bonacina brings echoes of the UK's John Surman and the casual lyricism of sometime collaborator Andy Sheppard. She also recalls the late Michael Brecker's one-man show in her playful call-and-response conversations with herself, and her fondness for digging into funky, blues-rooted grooves.