LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

1 - Traversee (4'43)2 - Matins (3'32)3 - Comme Un Bruissement D'Ailes (4'48)4 - Waterland (4'12)5 - Cathy (5'08)6 - ¼uvres Invisibles (8'36)7 - Lumière D'Août (5'44)8 - Automnale (5'25)9 - Tout Là-Bas (4'46)10 - Ballets (4'59)11 - Capucine (4'54)12 - Après La Pluie (2'47)

Guy OHRESSER, a young and promising guitarist from Eastern France, has become the ambassador of a kind of melodic and accessible jazz-rock fusion. Accompanied by bass-player Regis LAMORA (On two tracks) and of drummer Herve ROUYER (ANGE), he recorded a very good first album called "Traversee". Issued in 1997 on the Musea Parallèle label, it shows a delicate post-fusion style based on ethereal and fresh melodies. Refined guitars also create sunny and light lines. It evokes Jean-Pascal BOFFO (Present here at the production) but with more melodies, and also takes some evanescent touch after Pat METHENY. Here is then a masterpiece, and it would truly be a pity if you missed it !