Control, energy and deep tones, Rhoda Scott is a living myth. in the organ universe. Surrounded by two imposing Leslie speakers and at the helm of her B3 organ, she hops (barefoot of course, as the legend says) to make her keyboard groove with her « bluesy » swing, airy and striking… With, on top […]
Drawing on the unbridled energy of a closely-knit quartet having put out more than six albums and ten years of adventurous work, saxophonist Samy Thiébault, always innovating, has presented his latest project « Rebirth » last September. The album was a real highlight of this fall’s jazz season. The notion of Melody – both in […]
As a young talented and prolific pianist who won the 2016 Django Reinhardt Prize (Best Musician of the Year) by the French Jazz Academy, Fred Nardin is always into new musical adventures. In the last two years, “Le Carnaval Jazz des Animaux”, a project with !e Amazing Keystone Big Band which he has co-founded, has […]
Les QUATRE VENTS (The Four Winds) is the result of a collaboration between two talented French songwriters, recognised for their inspiration and finesse in the world of jazz. Based in Marseille, the Mistral-swept city of southern France, Perrine Mansuy and Christophe LeLoil have forged international careers as leading artists, composers, arrangers and supporting musicians for […]
After Cosmik Connection and NHX, the saxophonist Gaël Horellou pursues his experiments dedicated to fusion and dancefloor jazz. For the project Nasty Factorz, he has teamed up with New York drummer Ari Hoenig, and composed a repertoire inspired by the most radical bass music. Together, they propound a beaming and universal music. Gaël Horellou became […]
Yacine Boulares is a French-Tunisian saxophonist, clarinetist and composer based in New York. After graduating with a BA in Philosophy Yacine Boulares decides to take a year off to respond to the urge to play music. He takes his first music lessons and after studying under Andre Villeger for 3 years he wins the Esprit […]
Parisian drummer Guilhem Flouzat cultivates a versatile approach to drumming featured on four different releases this year, ranging from the energetic contemporary jazz of Adam Larson’s Simple Beauty, to singer Kavita Shah’s blend of Indian and African music. Flouzat is gaining attention and praise throughout the jazz community: drummer Dan Weiss calls him ‟one of […]
Laura Perrudin’s career has been both unusual and eclectic. Brought up on a diet of jazz from childhood, her classical music studies led on to both electronic and traditional music, via soul and hip-hop, through her encounters with innumerable musicians, in her native Brittany, but also in Paris and New York. Her mission is to […]
