Zen Groove
Jacques Mignault has surrounded himself with a range of exceptional musicians to give birth to this smooth jazz album, which flirts more with improvisation than composition.
Yves Nadeau, Michel Dupire, Michel Dubeau, Nathalie Cora, Pierre Veniot and Christian Proulx have played along to the composer's game by conceiving for this project, a vast palette of improvised tracks born from their imagination, their whim and their freedom of creation.
Master of these sound registers, Mignault has conserved the cream of these recordings to create a groove which at times hold us breathless like on the rails of a runaway train; or that sometimes brings us back to more areal rythms, to the total being, to the philosophy of the Tao.
Life, from the outside to the inside: the beating of the heart that carries us from one moment into the next, from adventure to adventure.
This album is made of instruments that the author loves deeply: the keyboards, the bass and the percussions represent the principal ingredients of this recipe he has concocted for the lovers of transcendental experiences.
This album wanted to be made. "This music was in me", he would say. With the help of his friends, Jacques Mignault has given life to it.
Martine Guillemette-Milleville