Navigatore (2001)

"Navigatore's 12 movements are described as entries in an imaginary log that evokes different lifetimes. One hears Irish reels and jigs made over into hellaciously complicated stylized chamber music. One hears Flamenco rhythms intersect with Caribbean patterns. One hears high-level plucked Jazz runs, bowed romantic interludes that transform the bass into a cello on steroids. It's as though symphony musicians from a World Music orchestra had thrown their superior technical skills and combined life experiences into a massive cauldron, turned up the heat and presto - a masterwork just like the Vermeer of the cover art or a Cirque de Soleil production.Unless you've heard him, you plainly had no clue that bass could be played in this fashion. It's really a different ball - nay, bass game when Renaud Garcia-Fons is involved." (6moons.com)