Mâäk Quintet - Papa Ours by MetX Moving Music

For Papa Ours, Laurent Blondiau started from a superposition of 3 separate melodic lines on trumpet, alt sax and tenor sax. He then imagined a Q&A game of 2 repetitive loops, each with different lengths. As a reference to the folk tale ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’, where each bear adds a distinct voice to the story, he called the track ‘Papa Ours’ (Daddy Bear).

Trivia: the same tale also inspired the 1944 cartoon ‘Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears’, featuring the three bears as a jazz trio. Although the cartoon was censored because of relaying ethnic stereotypes, it testifies of the quintessential role the Afro-American community plays in the history of jazz and Western modern day culture.