Countdown by Simon Moullier

On his sophomore album, Countdown, vibraphonist Simon Moullier ups the ante from the high bar that he set on his impressive 2020 debut, Spirit Song. Comprising separate sessions from 2017 and May 2020, Spirit Song projected what Moullier describes as a “sci-fi” aura, revealing his extreme chops, capacious improvisational imagination, and mastery of the art of molding musical narrative via composition, arrangement, orchestration and production.

Moullier, showcases these attributes on Countdown, an individualistic, erudite acoustic trio encounter with Luca Alemanno on bass and Jongkuk (“J.K.”) Kim on drums. Moullier says, as an homage to “the great composers and pillars of jazz.” [...]

—Ted Panken (From the inside liner notes)

Tracklist

1.	Countdown	3:33

2.	Work	4:49

3.	I Concentrate on You	3:44

4.	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	5:03

5.	Nature Boy	4:57

6.	Turn Out The Stars	4:54

7.	The Song Is You	3:51

8.	Beijo partido	3:01

9.	Hot House	3:37

10.	Ask Me Now	4:04

Credits

released May 13, 2021

Personnel:
Simon Moullier (vibraphone), Luca Alemanno (bass), Jongkuk Kim (drums).
Tracks #1-9, recorded at Sear Sound Studio, in New York City, May 2020
Track #10, recorded in Los Angeles at the Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Center, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, November 2017

Engineered by Jeremy Loucas (#1-9), and Andrew Keller (#10)
Mixing Engineer: Jeremy Loucas
Mastering Engineer: Dave Darlington
Photos: Cyrille Druart / Anna Yatskevich

Produced by Simon Moullier
Executive Producer: Jordi Pujol

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