Tourist (Saint Germain album)

Infobox Album | Name = Tourist
Type = Album
Artist = St. Germain


Released = 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz, Electronic
Length = 1:00:02
Label = Blue Note
Producer = Ludovic Navarre
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hq65mpnh9f3o link]
*RollingStone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/248489/review/5945424/tourist link] | Last album = "Boulevard" (1996)
This album = "Tourist" (2000)
Next album =

"Tourist" is the 2000 album by St. Germain, one of the aliases of french producer Ludovic Navarre. The music style is described by Allmusic as "a synthesis of electronics with jazz soloing". [cite web
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publisher = All Media Guide
title = Jazz-House
url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:10990
accessdate = 2006-12-30 ]

Track listing

#"Rose Rouge" – 7:02
#"Montego Bay Spleen" – 5:44
#"So Flute" – 8:31
#"Land Of..." – 7:52
#"Latin Note" – 5:59
#"Sure Thing" – 6:22
#"Pont Des Arts" – 7:27
#"La Goutte D'Or" – 6:18
#"What You Think About..." – 4:47

(there was also a re-release with a different tracklist including a remix by Spiller.)

Credits

Personnel

* Pascal Ohsé (Trumpet)
* Edouard Labor (Saxophones, Flute)
* Alexandre Destrez (Keyboards)
* Idrissa Diop (Talking drum)
* Edmundo Carneiro (Percussion)
* Claudio De Qeiroz (Baritone saxophone)

* Ernest Ranglin (guitar for 'Montego Bay Spleen')

* Ludovic Navarre (Writer, producer, conductor and sound engineer)

amples

* Marlena Shaw (excerpts from "Live at Montreux" used in 'Rose Rouge')
* Miles Davis & John Lee Hooker (Elements from 'Harry's Philosophy', from "The Hot Spot" soundtrack, used in 'Sure Thing')
* 100% Pure Poison ("Windy C" provides the main sample for 'Sure Thing')
* Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' as the drum and bass loop for 'Rose Rouge'.

References