Joelle Leandre: Basse continue

All About Jazz features an interview with Joelle Leandre:

2008 was a good year for French bass master Joelle Leandre: a biographical book A voix basse, assembling her talks with journalist and producer Frank Medioni; excellent discs, with bass comrade Barre Phillips—A l’improviste (Kadima Collective), with reed player Akosh S.—KOR (Leo), her Stone Quartet (DMG); and a recent documentation of her 2007 tour in Israel—Live In Israel (Kadima Collective). And now this remarkable documentary film, a full 140 minutes, packaged with a beautiful booklet of paintings by Leandre and haiku-like poetry by Swiss writer Jean-Noel von der Weid dedicated to her art.