A study in proportion, restraint, and suspended interior movement, Heures de verre presents the ensemble not as spectacle but as architectural form. The recording examines the emotional geometry of late nocturnal jazz language through measured pacing, recurring tonal structures, and controlled harmonic drift. Rather than foregrounding virtuosity, the work emphasizes relational balance between voices, allowing silence, spacing, and gradual development to shape the larger continuity of the album.

Created through human artistic direction and artificial intelligence, the project treats artificial intelligence strictly as a formal analytical and generative instrument used to examine ensemble interaction, proportional design, rhythmic pacing, and long form structural coherence. Its role remains subordinate to human editorial judgment, historical awareness, and aesthetic intention. The result is framed not as a literal studio event, but as a conceptual archival object situated within an imagined lineage of mid century modernist jazz documentation, where atmosphere and internal order take precedence over individual identity.

Fenêtres après minuit
Le corridor des heures lentes
Fumée dans la salle nord
Cartes pliées sur le bureau
Verre contre pluie
Les lampes du cinquième étage
Rideaux sur avenue noire
Correspondance interrompue
Ascenseur pour la dernière aile
Tables sous lumière verte
Le carnet sans signature
Brouillard derrière les cloisons

Tenor saxophone
Muted trumpet
Vibraphone
Piano
Double bass
Brush percussion
Electric guitar
Clarinet