Product description CD Review Paris-based drummer Daniel Humair has now become somewhat of a French jazz elder statesman. In the past two decades he has been nurturing new talents, most notably with Baby Boom and now with this group. The inclusion of an accordionist helps set this band apart. Vincent Peirani avoids many pitfalls it like a horn and other times plowing a deep organ-like groove. On the waltzy '7A3,' he even playfully derides the clichés of French accordion music. Sweet & Sour opens with a rendition of Jane Ira Bloom's 'A Unicorn In Captivity.' The piece sets the tone from a conceptual and aural perspective and Emile Parisien's largely featured soprano saxophone does share a kinship with Bloom's. The line between compositions and collective improvisations is often blurred. At 74, Humair has lost none of his powers. He keeps on displaying a crisp, sharp, and surgical precision as well as an unparalleled sense of swing. --Downbeat Magazine, Alain DrouotJust for fun, make yourself get up and dance to this music. Sweet & Sour is free jazz at its most cinematic and human. Daniel Humair's breathtaking playing ranges from brushstrokes, gentle nudging, and long tones on 'Ground Zero' to the full-on staccato-ish drumkit chaoson 'Care 4,' leapfrogging the beat with Vincent Peirani's swinging according before Emile Parisien's sax dislodges the time. Peirani s biting 6/8 '7A3' is all about incredible group dynamics. 'T2T3' captures some truly ominous emissions there's forward movement but not strict time. Humair and bassist Jerome Regard can play the lights out of a traditional bebop groove like 'Debsh' but more often decline to lock in as usually expected. They keep in close contact, but it s more about knowing which road the other is taking, leaning and jabbing and implying. --Modern Drummer, Robin Tolleson