Chute Libre is a little band formed in Boulogne - Paris suburban areas - in the mid seventies by the Cinelu brothers. Inspired by Funk and Fusion - we are in the Head-hunter's years - these young musicians are cultivating a certain emergency in their way of playing and composing. Their jazz-Funk has quickly grown to become sophisticated and brutal, arranged and spontaneous. Chute Libre is also attractive for musicians, the band hosts rapidly new members, a brass section, a new bass player, a new keyboard player and so on. However, the real story of the band started when a very popular French guitarist from the band " Il Etait une fois " met Chute Libre in a bar close to the place in which they are rehearsing. This new friends will give them later a wonderful opportunity when he threatened EMI to refuse to sign his own contract if Chute Libre was not produced by his record company. As a result, two wonderful LPs are therefore issued in 1977 and 1978, a national tour is also organised, allowing the band to reach at last a brief success. Nevertheless, it appears to be too much work for all these musicians, especially when almost all the members are remarked and asked to play in other bands. Indeed, Mino Cinelu left in the late 70s Chute Libre for the US with Ice, and started to play with Miles Davis in 1980 (listen again to " we want Miles "). The other members have become famous jazz musicians, as Olivier Hutman (piano) or have kept on playing funk like Gilles Douieb with the drummer Umberto Pagnigni (rythm section of Captain Mercier). Today, Chute Libre remains a treasure for syncopated Jazz-Funk lovers. Moreover, the track called " Octopus ", incredibly arranged in a Tower of Power way, will amaze auditors looking for fat Funk. Especially reserved for Hammond and Rhodes fans.
