Rouge (Louis Sclavis Quintet album)

Rouge is an album by French jazz musician Louis Sclavis, recorded in 1991 and released in 1992 on the ECM label. It was reissued in 2006 and 2019.

Reception
In a review for Jazzwise, Robert Shore wrote: "I don't know what the Frenchman's inspiration for the title of this recording was – Rouge (Red) – but there's a fair bit of intergalactic shimmering going on in clarinetist/saxophonist Sclavis's ECM debut from 1991. And, of course, ECM is very good at capturing this sort of soundscape... It's a heady brew, pitched somewhere between avant-garde jazz and chamber music." According to The Penguin Guide to Jazz, "Sclavis's ECM debut is a challenging and surprisingly abstract set that rarely allows itself to settle into a jazz groove. Rouge establishes Sclavis as an enterprising and thought-provoking composer. If it does so at the expense of rhythmic energy (a strategy consistent with his ambivalence about jazz percussion), it doesn't short-change in other departments."

Track listing

 * 1) "One" (Louis Sclavis, Dominique Pifarély) - 2:35
 * 2) "Nacht" (Louis Sclavis) - 8:04
 * 3) "Kali la nuit" (François Raulin) - 5:20
 * 4) "Reflet" (Louis Sclavis) - 3:05
 * 5) "Reeves" (François Raulin) - 7:03
 * 6) "Les bouteilles" (Louis Sclavis) - 7:52
 * 7) "Moment donné" (Dominique Pifarély) - 4:16
 * 8) "Face Nord" (Louis Sclavis) - 10:33
 * 9) "Rouge" (Louis Sclavis) - 5:15 / "Pourquoi une valse" (Louis Sclavis, François Raulin) - 1:24
 * 10) "Yes love" (Louis Sclavis) - 5:57

Personnel

 * Louis Sclavis - Clarinets, Soprano Saxophone
 * Dominique Pifarély - Violin
 * Bruno Chevillon - Bass
 * François Raulin - Piano, Synthesizer
 * Christian Ville - Drums