News from the Front is a 1992 jazz album by French guitarist Marc Ducret. It was recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label.Marc Ducret discography, accessed December 2, 2014Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 2, 2014
Reception The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is provocative music to be sure, but it is refined and restrained, elegant even".Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed December 2, 2014 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as “strikingly original and probably his best record.”
Track listing All compositions by Marc Ducret except as indicated "Pour Agnes" - 3:44 "Can I Call You Wren?" - 6:30 "News from the Front" - 8:33 "Fanfare" - 9:39 "Wren Is Such a Strange Name" - 8:52 "Silver Rain" (Jean-Michel Pilc) - 3:20 "Golden Wren" - 8:19
Personnel Marc Ducret - electric and acoustic 6 + 12 string guitars, fretless guitar Herb Robertson - trumpet, flugelhorn Yves Robert - trombone François Verly - percussion, drum machine
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