Could the missing link between Eric Dolphy and Albert Ayler be the Michel Portal of 1970? After having worked alongside
François Tusques defending a free jazz “made in France”, we find him here, heading up an international quintet of which
each member is on fire: John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin and Jean-Pierre Drouet. The quintet had full leeway to
break out the free-form in long ambient tracks to compose this Alors!!! which leaves listeners with just one word to say:
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