Parisien, Emile Louise

180gr./ 45 Rpm

2-LP Holland

Jazz

Louise is an album by Emile Parisien, released in 2022.

A musical journey with Emile Parisien is an adventure, something way out of the ordinary. The soprano saxophonist’s sound is instantly recognisable – as is the way with the greats – and you know that you are in the best possible company to set off for a destination shrouded in uncertainty.

“Louise” takes its title from Louise Bourgeois and more specifically her sculpture of a spider, “Maman”. Her monumental work has motherhood as its theme, also conveyed through the metaphor of weaving, an underlying thread that runs through Emile Parisien’s creation. He has assembled a group of musicians who bridge the two sides of the Atlantic. The saxophonist has set out to combine the essence of jazz with his own purposes; so what shines through here are both his kaleidoscopic imagination and his appetite for breaking down barriers. Three American musicians are in the group, all of them friends whom he has got to know over time.

The jazz album is available in the following configurations:

• CD
• 2-LP, 180g black, 45 rpm