Tag Archives: Word Out

New Dream 🌑💭

New Dream n’usurpe pas son titre : avant de partir vers de nouveaux rêves, Funnell dresse un état des lieux de son art, entre be-bop, latin jazz et jazz contemporain, parfumé de funk et de blues, ou de touches extrêmes-orientales…

Bob Hatteau, Jazz à bâbord

La musique est percutante, dynamique mais jamais brutale.
À consommer sans modération.

Guillaume Lagrée, Le jars jase jazz
Jim Funnell’s Word Out – Greenpoint Graffiti (Official Video)

Un album métissé, bien agréable et remarquablement joué !

Martine Omiécinski, La Gazette Bleue
Jim Funnell’s Word Out – Asteroid B612 (Official Video)


Very clever, lots of impressive playing … One for people who like their jazz accessible and well- played.

JMC, The Chronicle
Jim Funnell’s Word Out – Crop Circle Crackle (Official Video)

Un voyage ancré dans une quête de sincérité artistique.

Jean-Luc, Mazik
Jim Funnell’s Word Out – Tree of Light (Official Video)

Un album vibrant, où le plaisir du jeu transpire à chaque instant la créativité en temps réel.

Patrick Dallongeville, Paris Move
Jim Funnell’s Word Out – Echoes of Cyan (Official Video)

Un álbum a tener en cuenta, rico en matices y estilos.

José Ramón, La Habitación del Jazz

Pokud na vás dýchne dálkami a romantikou už obal desky, věřte, že podobně zapůsobí i muzika.

Tomáš S. Polívka, Český rozhlas Jazz

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Aquarius Funk 🏺🌊


Jim Funnell’s Word Out – Aquarius Funk (Official Video)

Word Out album review: Le jars jase jazz

Review (in French) of Word Out’s eponymous debut album on jazz critic Guillaume Lagrée’s blog Le jars jase jazz.


Word Out
Self-produced, 2009

Jim Funnell: piano and compositions
Oliver Degabriele: acoustic bass
Thibault Perriard: drums

“Dear attentive and focused readers,

You may have noticed that I already praised Word Out in concert, when the trio gave a sneak preview of their freshly recorded upcoming album, Spirit of the Snail; I certainly will tell you all about its release in due time.

Meanwhile, since it’s never too late to do well, let me trumpet the delights and merits of their eponymous debut album Word Out, released in 2009.”

“Word Out does not claim to revolutionize the piano trio format. These young musicians are not conceited. They are simply fresh, alive, curious, open-minded, joyful, and listening to their music does heaps of good.”

“If I had to choose an excerpt from this album, it would be their version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” (track no. 7). [ … ] Here, they take a classic, preserving its raw pop energy and conserving its British majesty while instilling a sense of swing typical of jazz music. A complete success from the first to last note.”

– Guillaume Lagrée