Recorded by Etienne Bultingaire at Studio John Cage, La Muse en Circuit, in Alfortville, France, on January 18, 2011.
Reviews
By Stef http://www.freejazzblog.org/2011/11/duets-with-delbecq.html
On the first recording, Delbecq plays with Canadian clarinettist François Houle, with whom he's been performing and recording since 1995, and that can be heard on these ten pieces, all composed, with tunes by Ellington ("The Mystery Song") and Steve Lacy ("Clichés"), but mostly by Delbecq and Houle.
Both artists create silk-like music, soft to the touch, natural and warm and shiny, with an ease of interaction and joy of interplay that is fantastic to listen to. Delbecq can make his piano play odd-rhythmed percussive parts by plucking the strings while playing fluent unision lines with his other hand, as on "Ando", or "Nancali", incredibly captivating, and keeping a safe distance from the often bland sweetness of romantic piano music.
Both musicians have this light touch to their instrument, full of sensitivity and deep emotion, clever in the musical inventiveness and effortless, as if every note bubbles up from a common well, forming nice patterns when rising to the surface.
Compare it to silk, to a warm breeze, to champagne, ...
Incredibly beautiful music.
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By Glenn Astarita http://www.allaboutjazz.com/because-she-hoped-benoit-delbecq-songlines-recordings-review-by-glenn-astarita.php
By Perry Tannenbaum http://jazztimes.com/articles/30084-because-she-hoped-beno-t-delbecq-fran-ois-houle
By Ken Waxman http://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/jazzaimprovised/16404-because-she-hoped-benoit-delbecq-francois-houle
By Laurence Svirchev http://www.svirchev.com/?p=986
By Ben Ratliff http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/arts/music/new-music-from-webbie-and-charlotte-gainsbourg.html
Da Ettore Garzia (it) http://ettoregarzia.blogspot.com/2011/12/un-riuscito-connubio-franco-canadese.html
Por Edson Santos (pt) http://www.sojazz.org.br/2013/02/benoit-delbecqfrancois-houle-because.html
Par Pierre de Chocqueuse (fr) http://www.blogdechoc.fr/article-b-delbecq-f-houle-because-she-hoped-songlines-abeille-89674163.html
Par Julien Gros-Burdet (fr) http://www.citizenjazz.com/Benoit-Delbecq-Francois-Houle,3466884.html
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Benoît Delbecq & François Houle with Marc Ducret at Iron Works, Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2012, Canada, June 2012 (photo by Laurence Svirchev).jpg