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Matthieu Saglio / cello & vocals
Nguyên Lê / guitar
Nils Petter Molvær / trumpet
Carles Benavent / bass
Vincent Peirani / accordion
Steve Shehan / percussion, piano, bass
Bijan Chemirani / percussion
Léo Ullmann / violin
Ricardo Esteve / flamenco guitar
Isabel Julve / voice
Abdoulaye N’Diaye / voice
Camille Saglio / voice
Teo, Marco & Gael Saglio Pérez / vocals

Portico Quartet are an instrumental band from London, UK. They are known for their use of the Hang, a modern percussion instrument. Their debut album, Knee-Deep in the North Sea, was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize and was Time Out's Jazz, Folk and World album of the year 2007.

Duet albums were rare in 1962 and encounters of this quality are still rare. Bill Evans and Jim Hall, two modern jazz giants, were in peak creative form at the time, Evans leading his own trio and Hall working with Sonny Rollins's quartet at the time.

These two masters challenge and complement each other brilliantly on a series of standards and jazz originals. Newly remixed and remastered in 24 bit, this new edition of Undercurrent, which contains two more tunes (tracks 7 & 8) and two alternate takes (tracks 9 & 10) added to the original United Artists album, sound exceptional.

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人戏两忘，入戏太深，当一个艺人如是行事，真不知是件好事还是悲剧，张国荣的纵身一跃，让无数人心颤，而Chet Baker1988年从荷兰阿姆斯特丹一家酒店窗台上坠落的那一刻，也是无数爵士乐迷同样感伤的瞬间。
Baker沙哑磁性的嗓音，在50年代完全掩盖了他出众的小号演奏，那些冷漠，臃懒，漫不经心的歌声，却打动了千万歌迷的心，加上酷似叛逆影星詹姆斯·迪恩的脸庞，Baker成为了公众喜爱的超级偶像，这个白人小伙，他的知名曲《My Funny Valentine》，是哪个时代竟相传唱的流行金曲。
可是Baker并不幸福，他总是皱着眉头，偶像的孤独的滋味他比别人要有更深的体会，而个性中的孤傲，迷惘，最终让他不得不在吸毒中找到片刻的自在和超脱，可惜这短暂的自在和超脱，换来的是终身的毒瘾与自毁。
专辑的20首歌曲，选自Baker演唱事业黄金时代，专辑有一个《让我们迷失》，真的，在这些冷冷的懒懒的歌声背后，是一颗找不到归宿的寂寞心灵。