Algeria-born bassist Michel Benita, long a mainstay of the French jazz scene, introduces his revised quartet. Swiss flugelhornist Matthieu Michel and French drummer Philippe Garcia are retained from Benita’s Ethics band, and the quartet is completed by Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin. Dumoulin’s swirling, floating sounds and colours – he sounds like no other Fender Rhodes player – have inspired Benita to write evocative new music for the group. The repertoire also includes a bewitching cover version of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “Inutil Paisagem”, the freely improvised “Cloud To Cloud”, and a touching solo bass interpretation of Jule Styne’s “Never Never Land”. Looking At Sounds was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in March 2019.

Tracklist:
1. Dervish Diva (Michel Benita, Matthieu Michel)
2. Berceuse / Gwell Talenn (Kristen Noguès, Michel Benita)
3. Looking At Sounds (Michel Benita)
4. Barroco (Michel Benita)
5. Slick Team (Michel Benita)
6. Cloud To Cloud (Michel Benita, Jozef Dumoulin, Matthieu Michel, Philippe Garcia)
7. Body Language (Michel Benita)
8. Elisian / Inutil Paisagem (Michel Benita, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Louis Olivera)
9. Islander (Michel Benita)
10. Low Tide (Michel Benita)
11. Never Never Land (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)