Monday, October 19, 2026

Thollot. Jacques - Cinq Hops (1978)

 

The fourth album from this artist from France.

Jacques did the drums, percussion, bass, electric piano and clavinet.

He had help from a sextet who added bass, piano, clavinet, woodwinds and female vocals.

Jacques returned again one year after his rather good third album. I believe Cinq Hops was and still is his most famous and revered album.

Cinq Hops clocks in at forty minutes.

The music is a blend of vocal jazz and avant-garde music.

The music is still melodic. The music still has a lot of avant-garde edges.

The musicians do a good job here. The vocals are soprano female vocals and great.

The sound is really good too.

This is indeed a small little gem and a good album in it's own right. I am positively surprised as I had no hope for the rest of his albums after the pretty bad debut album. 

3 points 

 

 

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