Rémi Dumoulin - Bruno Ruder - Arnaud Biscay: DAS RAINER TRIO

Rémi Dumoulin – tenor & soprano saxophones; Bruno Ruder – Fender Rhodes & effects; Arnaud Biscay - Drums

Following the success of the quintet album "Gravitational Waves" (Absilone/Socadisc, 2018), saxophonist Rémi Dumoulin and his longtime friend, pianist Bruno Ruder, have presented a new album with reduced orchestration.

While "Gravitational Waves" was developed as a duo with the exceptional participation of drummer Billy Hart, the new album "THE RAINER TRIO" offers a unique orchestration featuring Arnaud Biscay on drums, Bruno Ruder on Fender Rhodes, and Rémi Dumoulin on saxophones.

With this trio, Rémi Dumoulin offers a repertoire of 8 pieces, including 6 original compositions. Some draw inspiration from the film industry ("Rainer Werner Fassbinder," "Filature"), while others serve as homages to artists (Sergei Prokofiev with "A Single Melody from the Symphony 6th," Jack DeJohnette with "Jack," Silvio Rodriguez with "Get Down On Your Knees!," David Bowie with "My Plan").
As a film enthusiast, Dumoulin reinterprets Michel Legrand's composition "Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way," sung by Barbra Streisand in the film "Yentl." Lastly, Dumoulin arranges Billy Strayhorn's song "Chelsea Bridge," the alter ego of Duke Ellington.

Credits:

All Music by Rémi Dumoulin except title 2 (Sergei Prokofiev), title 5 (Michel Legrand), and title 7 (Billy Strayhorn)

Produced by Rémi Dumoulin

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Philipp Heck at Bauer Studios Ludwigsburg, Germany

Illustration by Jean-Francois Desserre

Graphic Design by Michel Holzapfel

Supported by MFA, FCM