Sbatax is the experimental free improvising duo of Swiss, Paris-based tenor sax player Bertrand Denzler (of Trio Sowari, The Seen, and ONCEIM -l’Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations et Improvisation Musicales) and French, Paris-based drummer Antonin Gerbal (of أحمد [Ahmed]), who have already released nine albums as a duo and as the Sbatax duo in the last decade. Jean-Philippe Gross is a French composer, working in the field of electronics, free improvisation, and experimental music.
Sbatax’ tenth album, Lapilli, and the first one with Gross, was recorded live at Instants Chavirés in Montreuil in November 2024. Denzler designed the cover artwork, which fits its title (lapilli are small rock fragments, ejected into the air during
