Dans la Nuit (Louis Sclavis album)

Dans la Nuit
Studio album by Louis Sclavis
Released	2002
Recorded	October 2000
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:52
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Louis Sclavis chronology
L'Affrontement des Prétendants (1999) Dans la Nuit (2000) Napoli's Walls (2002)

Dans la Nuit is an album by French clarinetist Louis Sclavis recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label. The album was initialised through an invitation of French director Bertrand Tavernier to Sclavis, he agreed and wrote this music to Charles Vanel’s 1929 film “Dans la nuit”.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sclavis' multi-hued and altogether vividly constructed arrangements hit the mark in a noticeably huge way".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Louis Sclavis except as indicated

1. "Dia Dia" - 1:15
2. "La Travail" - 6:00
3. "Dans la Nuit" - 3:39
4. "Fête Foraine" - 4:57
5. "Retour de Noce" - 2:17
6. "Mauvais Rêve" - 1:41
7. "Amour et Beauté" - 2:49
8. "L'Accident Part 1" - 3:35
9. "L'Accident Part 2" - 3:17
10. "Le Miroir" (Vincent Courtois, Jean-Louis Matinier, François Merville, Louis Sclavis) - 4:43
11. "Dans la Nuit" - 1:11
12. "La Fuite" (Courtois, Matinier, Merville, Sclavis) - 5:14
13. "La Peur du Noir" (Matinier) - 1:27
14. "Les 2 Visages" - 6:19
15. "Dia Dia" - 5:00
16. "Dans la Nuit" - 1:29

• Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in Pernes-Les-Fontaines, France in October 2000.

Personnel

• Louis Sclavis — clarinet, bass clarinet
• Jean-Louis Matinier — accordion
• Dominique Pifarély — violin
• Vincent Courtois — cello
• François Merville — percussion, marimba

References