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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: Patricia Bonner(France)-Chronicles of Time 

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Patricia Bonner-Chronicles of Time
Patricia Bonner

Nouvel album
Chronicles of Time : Tango, Jazz & Beyond
Musique de Jean-Michel Proust
Sortie le 29/11/2024 chez Teranga Production 

En concert le 27/11/2024 au Studio de l’Ermitage à Paris
Après What Is There To Say sorti en 2011 et A Song For You, coffret 5 Cds paru en 2016, la chanteuse de jazz Patricia Bonner est de retour avec l’album Chronicles of Time : Tango, Jazz & Beyond sur une musique de Jean-Michel Proust.
Sur Chronicles of Time, le jazz se mêle au tango et à la chanson pour suspendre le temps autour du timbre de voix inimitable de Patricia Bonner. La chanteuse nous présente ici un répertoire totalement original de chansons dont elle a écrit les paroles.
Elle a fait appel à Jean-Michel Proust pour les compositions et la direction artistique. Ce dernier s’est entouré de deux orchestrateurs : Chloë Pfeiffer (cheffe d’orchestre et arrangeuse de tango) et Jean-Marc Fritz (chef d’orchestre et arrangeur de jazz) afin de concevoir un répertoire sur mesure pour servir l’exceptionnelle interprète (et autrice) qu’est Patricia Bonner
.Les seize titres de l’album sont imprégnés de la la fougue, la passion, la danse, la musique, un subtil mélange de corps, d’âme et de cœur qui hantent le Jazz et le Tango, comme un hommage aux musiques de Michel Legrand, Astor Piazzola,  Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf,  Charles Trenet, Claude Nougaro, Pierre Barouh et Nina Simone. 

Patricia Bonner est de retour avec l’album de chansons originales Chronicles of Time : Tango, Jazz & Beyond. On retrouve la chanteuse bien entourée pour ce nouvel album qui fait suite à la sortie d’ A Song For You, coffret sorti en 2016 regroupant 5 cds, à savoir A Day In New Orleans, A Time For Love, Un jour tu verras, Moon River et Feelin’ Good.

Pour ce nouveau disque, Patricia Bonner retrouve à la réalisation et à la composition Jean-Michel Proust avec qui elle avait déjà collaboré sur deux précédents albums. Cela faisait longtemps que Patricia Bonner nourrissait l’envie de mêler le tango et le jazz. “Si l’on regarde leurs parcours, jazz et tango ont des univers très croisés, ils viennent de la rue, je les retrouvais à Buenos Aires où j’allais très souvent dans les années 80. Le tango, comme le jazz, évoque la sensualité, la suavité, la sentimentalité avec, en plus pour le tango, une note de gouaille et de fatalité” a-t-elle expliqué.

En trois langues, anglais, espagnol et français, l’album Chronicles of Time nous fait voyager de New York à Buenos Aires et à Paris. Le disque brasse les souvenirs (Dis, Te Souviens-tu ?, Memories), et la quête de soi (Soy, Je M’aime), évoque le printemps (It is Spring) et toujours la nostalgie du temps qui s’enfuit (Cette larme à l’instant).

‘Les chansons racontent des moments de vie heureux ou malheureux : le parcours d’un être humain, dès son enfance et tout au long de sa vie. J’ai voulu ainsi retracer la notion du temps qui s’écoule différemment selon les étapes de la vie. C’est sans doute suite à la période du Covid, et aussi peut-être parce que je n’ai plus 20 ans, que j’ai voulu exprimer quelque chose sur le temps, ce temps qui est là et qui n’est plus là, les notions de subjectivité, d’espace et de respiration qu’il contient… Voilà, c’est cela l’histoire de Chronicles Of Time : Tango, Jazz & Beyond !”

En concert le 27/11/2024 au Studio de l’Ermitage à Paris

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: PETER XIFARAS: New Album “FUSION”

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PETER XIFARAS “FUSION”
Genre-crossing Peter Xifaras is a musical wizard who is an inventive, guitarist, keyboardist, composer, and recording producer. Fusion features Xifaras’ infectious electronic rhythms, solos from trumpeter Shunzo Ohno and electric violinist Xander Nichting, and ensembles that are funky and catchy.

MUSICIANS:
Peter Xifaras – Guitar & Keys, Shunzo Ohno– Trumpet, Xander Nichting – Violin, Max Gerl – Bass, Scott Jackson – Drums & Percussion,
Czech National Symphony Orchestra

In his career, the innovative Peter Xifaras has consistently created music that has made Billboard’s classical and crossover charts, frequently featuring mixtures of genres including spoken word, symphonic music, and jazz fusion. His latest recording, Fusion, blends together Xifaras’ guitar and electronic keyboards with the great Japanese jazz trumpeter Shunzo Ohno, the versatile violinist Xander Nichting, bassist Max Gerl, and drummer-percussionist Scott Jackson, with contributions from the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

The opener, “Chaos,” has music that is anything but chaotic. The rhythmic vamp sets an ominous atmosphere that is accentuated by Ohno’s wa-wa electrified trumpet which hints at Miles Davis circa 1973. He takes a blazing solo on “Shunzo” over the stirring ensembles and Nichting also has a rewarding
spot. The ensemble-oriented “Wild And Free” finds Xifaras and the rhythm section setting patterns with backing by the Czech National Symphony.

“B Blues” is not actually a blues but a bluesy original with a funky vamp that is one of the release’s highlights, featuring colorful trumpet, violin, guitar and bass solos. “Think Quick” is also particularly memorable including its infectious theme and the melodic solos. “While My Guitar Weeps For Mehdi Rajabian” is a showcase for Xifaras’ guitar. Joined by strings on the medium-tempo dirge, he makes a personal, warm, and emotional statement. This unique outing concludes with more wa-wa trumpet from Ohno on the warm and nostalgic “Till We Meet Again.”

Peter Xifaras has had as wide-ranging a career as his music. He began having guitar lessons when he was nine, played with a rock band as a teenager, and studied classical guitar in college. After graduating, he opened a recording studio and started his record label, Music With No Expiration®. He has since
recorded as the leader of his own symphoneX orchestra®, welcoming guest artists to many of his releases. Xifaras’ music ranges from classical and fusion to cinematic and spoken word with his playing, particularly on guitar, being strikingly original. He is most proud of Children Of Conflict, an award-winning release that focuses on the need for social justice.
Fusion is Peter Xifaras’ latest accomplishment, a continually intriguing and invigorating set that is both creative and quite accessible. For listeners not familiar with his previous work, Fusion serves as the perfect introduction to his innovative music.

Web sites:
http://www.PeterXifaras.com
http://www.Symphony-X.com
http://www.MusicWithNoExpiration.com

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USA: New Digital album Release. BILLIE DAVIES “On Hollywood Boulevard – Live at The Mint in New Orleans”

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“On Hollywood Boulevard – Live at The Mint in New Orleans”
Performed at Music At The Mint in 2017 – brought by The New Orleans Jazz Museum
To be released through ReverbNation and Bandcamp on 08/08/2024.

Album: On Hollywood Boulevard
Album sub title: Live At The Mint in New Orleans
Album Artist: Billie Davies
Lyrics: Billie Davies
Lead sheet melodies: Billie Davies
Musicians: Billie Davies – electronic drums, Evan Oberla – piano/electric keys/synth, Oliver Watkinson – electric bass, Iris P. – vocals.
Genre: Jazz, Nu-jazz, World Jazz Fusion
Recording date: 05/19/2017
Recording place: The Mint at the New Orleans Jazz Museum
Recording engineer: Danny Kadar
Mixing/Mastering: Mike Davies
Author URL: http://www.billiedaviesmusic.com

About “On Hollywood Boulevard – Live at The Mint in New Orleans”

“On Hollywood Boulevard” came about while Billie Davies still lived at 6533 Hollywood Blvd. at The Historic Hillview Hollywood in Hollywood, Los Angeles. She lived there for several years and her many experiences in and impressions of Hollywood Boulevard needed recording. It took from 2012 in Hollywood, the initial conception, to September of 2016 in New Orleans to result in a recorded album of 5 songs that Billie Davies wrote melodies and lyrics for, 1 instrumental improvisation and 1 improvisation with improvised lyrics by IRIS P.

Billie and her husband/recording engineer Mike Davies chose Evan Oberla, with whom she recorded and performed since February of 2015, on keys/synth and trombone and Oliver Watkinson, who became her bass player in the summer of 2015, on electric bass. Billie Davies met Iris P through an introduction by Evan Oberla, during one of their performances at The Dragon’s Den in New Orleans, and was rejoiced to find the perfect vocalist, the perfect chemistry, to record and perform the electric “On Hollywood Boulevard” lyrics and experience.

The Live at The Mint in New Orleans version in 2017 was the third time they performed On Hollywood Boulevard live and according to Billie Davies tradition sounds different from the original recording as nothing can ever be exactly the same every time and needs to be different as it has a different environment, a different audience, a different mood of the day… In Billie’s opinion the best recording and performance of the “On Hollywood Boulevard” album.
This Live recording shows the evolution of the music since the original recording in 2016 … and the music was performed live first at “The Prime Example” in New Orleans during the CD Release Party in December of 2016.

“It is all about life, and my life, on Hollywood Boulevard, and what that boulevard and Hollywood represents to the world, to America. But then again it is also very much about life in general, and how the media has such a big influence on our lives today through the web, TV, movies, magazines, music and its stars.

Whether you call it prostitution or the seduction (touch me, squeeze me, love me) of millions of people every year into the fantasies that are responsible for maintaining one of the biggest brainwash schemes that are basically controlled by Wall Street and Industry & Enterprise, it all lives on Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood.
It is a world of Drugs, murder, con artists and thieves.
It is a world of selling the american dream.
It is a world of high end entertainment that most Hollywood Boulevard locals cannot afford or get into, but maybe they work or perform in it.
It is the world of the dream, a last stand of bohemia where poetry is very much alive and where punk rock and rap and hip hop and DJ’s rule.
It is the world where we smell the crack in the hall ways and where thugs and hookers and homeless and hopefuls meet at night…
It is a world of selling the American Dream, selling that fantasy of Disney and Oscars and Grammys. Selling the brainwash of the world.” (Billie Davies)


“All of my music is improvisational… I just evolve into it and with every project comes something different, depending on the subject of the project or album. I do not think of myself playing avant-garde, or avant-jazz or free jazz or nu jazz, I just play what comes naturally to me, in the case of “On Hollywood Boulevard” for example I needed it to sound very electric, almost commercial like because Hollywood Boulevard is a commercial, is very electric and full of neon lights. I wrote lead sheet music and lyrics for that album. It’s all jazz to me.” (Billie Davies).


About Billie Davies

Billie Davies is a drummer and a composer best known for her free, instinctively avant-garde compositions since the mid nineties, and her improvisational drumming techniques she has performed in Europe and in the US. All of her music is improvisational … reminding us sometimes of, as Jerome Wilson put it on AAJ, “the spiritual jazz tradition, as exemplified by John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders. Billie Davies’ work reminds you of many different things but in the end, it is its own original beast, as powerful as anything more well-known musicians have created.. Her Music Is It’s Own Original Beast”.

By 1977, when she was 22, Billie was working in the Private Night Club sector as a DJ in Cologne, Germany. That set the stage for a successful DJ career in Belgium a few years later, she remembers “Les Cinq Anneaux” in Knokke, coastal Belgium, where she packed the house every weekend.
Aged 25 Davies started the transition to become a professional musician.
She played and performed in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece for the next 7 years.


At a crossroads in her musical career, in 1984, while living and performing in the South of France (Montpellier, Toulouse, Biarritz, La Rochelle), Billie ended up receiving a grant from Max Roach to study at Berklee College of Music, this was after he heard one of her tapes she laid down with a bass player she met in Montpellier, France. Billie was however having too much fun in the south of France, living the life of a gypsy jazz musician and therefore decided not to take the offer. In Max Roach’s words: “Hearing from your tape, you could learn more fundamental drumming techniques, but I also hear the natural drummer, so my advice is for you not to worry too much about your technical skill, you will develop your own, I can definitely hear that, but just in case that you might want to study in a good program, please accept my invitation in the form of a talent grant to come study at the Berklee College of Music, all you need to worry about is finding a place to live and some money to survive”.


A move to the United States at 32 gave her an opportunity to play all over the west coast. In 1987 in Oregon, she met and played a few times with Leroy Vinegar, and then later in early 1988 she moved to California, San Francisco where she was mostly active in North Beach and in the Lower-Haight district, where she met and ended up playing a few times with John Handy and played frequently with local jazz notables at their unforgiving jams, in her words: the best learning school she ever had.
In the mid-nineties she recorded “Cobra Basemento”, that included “The Man From Tollund”, and “Dreams”, the infamous boombox recordings, with Saul Kaye and Mike Goodwin. They were preserved for the future in 2004 & 2005.


In 2009 she moved to Hollywood, California and released “all about Love.” with Tom Bone Ralls and Oliver Steinberg and “12 VOLT” with Daniel Coffeng and Adam Levy and the 23rd Los Angeles Music Awards awarded her best Jazz Artist in 2013.
In March of 2014 she moved to New Orleans where she released “Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon”, with Evan Oberla, Alex Blaine, Branden Lewis and Ed Strohsahl, “On Hollywood Boulevard” with Evan Oberla, Oliver Watkinson and Iris P and “PERSPECTIVES II” re-distributed as “PERSPECTIVES” with Evan Oberla, Oliver Watkinson, Ari Kohn, Iris P and Allie Porter.
She was nominated “Best Contemporary Jazz Artist” by the 2017 Best Of The Beat Awards, AND in 2019 they nominated her “Best Drummer”.


In 2020 she recorded “Whadeva” with Damani Butler and Maude Caillat
In 2022 she left New Orleans and made a permanent move to West Palm Beach, Florida.

Discography As leader:
2004: “Cobra Basemento”
2005: “Dreams”
2012: “all about Love.”
2013: “12 VOLT”
2015: “Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon”
2016: “On Hollywood Boulevard”
2018: “PERSPECTIVES II”
2024: “On Hollywood Boulevard (Live at The Mint in New Orleans)”

Discography As A Contributor:
2020: “Whadeva” (Live at Dangerous Art Studios, New Orleans, LA, 2/13/2020), a Damani Butler project.

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: EYM Trio: Nouvel album Casablanca

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EYM Trio
Nouvel album Casablanca
Disponible chez Kollision Records
Un an après l’album Bangalore avec la chanteuse indienne Varijashree Venugopal, EYM Trio poursuit ses explorations nomades avec Casablanca, un disque disponible sur le label Kollision Records. Pour ce cinquième album, EYM Trio se recentre sur une création à trois, comme une nécessité de retour aux sources après s’être nourrit de tant d’aventures et de collaborations.

Composé d’Elie Dufour au piano, Marc Michel à la batterie, et Yann Phayphet à la contrebasse, le EYM Trio s’amuse avec des éléments de langage de musiques venant des quatre coins du monde, le tout dans des métriques innovantes laissant place à une grande liberté d’interprétation. A eux trois, ils créent un univers captivant, amusant et surprenant qui invite avec légèreté au voyage et au lâcher prise.

EYM Trio a choisi Casablanca comme nom d’album car c’est dans cette ville que les trois musiciens ont rencontré le dessinateur Simon Lamouret qui illustre tout l’album. 

Pour regarder et diffuser la vidéo de Casablanca (Nomad’ Session) :https://youtu.be/MdhIUL0gLbM?si=cvzRdIG14ZRh8J_8

Ce cinquième album Casablanca reflète l’état d’esprit nomade du EYM trio et nous embarque dans un jazz mélodique qui se joue des frontières. Il se veut dans la continuité du projet Nomad’ Sessions initié en 2019.

Elie Dufour écrit au piano la musique spécialement pour le groupe, sans directives précises. Elle est faite pour être remodelée en permanence en toute confiance par la sensibilité de chacun. On y retrouve certaines influences qui lui sont chères : les musiques bulgares, tziganes et orientales au sens large…

Cet album est l’occasion de dévoiler en avant première une innovation pianistique. Elie Dufour a profité du confinement avec Robert Kieffer, pour créer une pédale mécanique, acoustique, ayant pour but de muter la partie centrale du piano et ainsi de pouvoir avoir accès à des modes de jeu inédits. Elle est omniprésente sur l’album Casablanca, donnant au piano la capacité de sonner comme un nouvel instrument, proche du oud et des instruments à cordes pincées.

Considérons cet album comme un voyage sonore accompagné avec justesse par le dessin, laissant place à un rêve de concert dessiné.

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: Scott Murphy(UK/Hong Kong)-“a dream of form”

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“a dream of form” is an idea conceived while the inspirational music of legendary pianist Fred Hersch performing solo in Hong Kong washed over Scott Murphy which got out of hand very quickly! Before Scott even had a chance to work out what music he wanted to record musicians, engineers and a studio were booked.

A frantic period of creativity took place wherein Scott composed the music for the LP over a short couple of weeks in which he also had performances in China, multiple shows at Hong Kong’s largest Jazz festival and attempted to renew his passport against the clock.Thankfully for this project Scott had booked musicians the musical skill and excellence of whom was beyond reproach.

Taking an ostentatious leap of faith, Scott reached out to Janek Gwizdala; a bassist and composer he had admired since he’d first heard Janek’s “Live at the 55 Bar” album as a teenager. Gwizdala is one of the preeminent bassists of contemporary times with a back-catalogue of genuine world quality. He’s also an exceptionally versatile musician with the artistry to come into the studio one day after arriving in Hong Kong (and without meeting any of the band) and lift the music effortlessly to another level.

Scott turned to two of his favourite local collaborators to complete the group featuring Hong Kong’s most creative and adroit keyboardist Daniel Chu and arguably Asia’s number one drummer in
Padget “Fresh Kid” Nanton III. Daniel is a sound explorer who’s creativity can be heard throughout “a dream of form” and, indeed, any project he is involved with.While Fresh is quite simply the most in- demand drummer in Asia and the absolute engine room of this LP.

The session for “a dream of form” took place in just four hours live without rehearsal or time to attempt multiple takes.This recording is an animated example of four musicians in a room with a common goal and level of respect for improvised music as well as one another.The sheer quality of Janek, Daniel and Padget shines through with every second of this LP and cements it as a unique work featuring musicians at the top of their profession.

Recorded at Avon Studios with Thomas Lo (4231 Music), mixed in Scotland by Gus Stirrat (Solas Studios) and mastered by Peter Beckmann (Technologyworks) in London, this LP is an international collaboration of some of contemporary Jazz music’s most well regarded and exciting young talents.

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: Encuentro Music to Release Reginald Policard’s Global Jazz Album “Boarding Pass” in Label Debut

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Encuentro Music to Release Reginald Policard’s Global Jazz Album “Boarding Pass” in Label
Debut

Called “the most valued Haitian pianist in the jazz scene”, versatile pianist Reginald Policard has
evolved through decades of playing different styles of music such as konpa, jazz, latin jazz and fusion
to arrive at his personal style. Together with special guests from all over the world, Reginald brings
the musical traditions of Haiti, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and American jazz to Boarding
Pass, an exciting and fresh blend of musical cultures, to be released on May 31, 2024 as the debut
release on the new Encuentro Music label.

Miami-based Encuentro Music is a music label project inspired by the traditions and flavors of the
Caribbean. Encuentro aims to be a melting pot and a musical getaway for all The Caribbean, where
artists and creatives, rhythms and sounds, tastes and colors meet and leave a mark of impactful
culture.

Boarding Pass was inspired by the fundamental idea of what Encuentro Music is – a musical meeting
between artists from different countries who all love and are inspired by the music of Latin America,
the Caribbean, and Miami. With its diverse music encounters, Boarding Pass embodies a statement
of what we can expect from Encuentro Music in the future- a message of bringing people together
through music and encouraging them to share and enjoy inspired collaboration.

Born in Haiti, Reginald Policard was introduced to music at the early age of 10. Starting in 1969,
Reginald played in Sugar Jazz before co-founding and leading the famous Caribbean Sextet, which
dominated the music scene in Haiti for many decades.

Reginald’s discography includes sixteen solo recordings and his participation in numerous projects,
including films. His album Vinn Avem was selected to be in the pool of nominees for the Latin
Grammys in 1994. Reginald enjoys playing for his fans and his mastery in the piano comes alive every
time he performs. Reginald has performed and collaborated with well-known international musicians
such as Nicole Henry, Ed Calle, Jeff Carswell, Nicky Orta, Sammy Figueroa, Leo Quintero, Joel
Widmaïer, Richard Barbot, David Fernandez, Sal Cuevas, JeanCaze, Felipe Lamoglia, David Einhorn
and more.

Boarding Pass’s special guests include Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona, who has played and
recorded with a host of modern jazz luminaries from Joe Zawinul to Pat Metheny; legendary
singer Angélique Kidjo; Sammy Figueroa, long regarded as one of the world’s great percussionists,
who has played with everyone from Miles Davis to David Bowie; Haitian-American trumpeter Jean
Caze; renowned Latin percussionist Edwin Bonilla; longtime Erique Iglesias percussionist Gilmar
Gomes; and Miami Sound Machine trumpeter Teddy Mulet.

The May 31 release of Boarding Pass follows the highly successful releases of two singles. Intense in
emotion, Melancholia expertly weaves Caribbean, African and traditional Jazz influences to highlight
the warmth and texture of this distinctive collaboration. Policard’s compositional gifts shine through
in Encuentro Theme. His catchy melodies are steeped in a deep understanding of jazz’s historical and
cultural contexts, especially its Caribbean influences. Bona’s multifaceted musicianship adds layers of
complexity and emotional depth, creating a resonant backdrop that invites listeners into a world of
rhythmic euphoria.

Boarding Pass will be available everywhere on May 31, 2024. Pre-save it here.
Encuentro Music
Harold Staco – A&R management
Info@encuentromusic.com

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: Wil Sargisson Trio(Australia)-Jazz in Meanjin 010

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Wil Sargisson Trio-Warm Water
Label: 4000 Records / Jazz in Meanjin
Composer:Wil Sargisson

This track is taken from the upcoming next instalment of our Jazz in Meanjin series – live recordings from jazz gig around Brisbane, Australia.

The set features many standards and interpretations but this is Wil’s own composition.

The album is on May 23rd.

Brisbane jazz pianist Wil Sargisson hails from New Zealand, where he was raised on boogie woogie, New Orleans R&B and Harlem stride piano. He began solo festival appearances at age 13 and moved to Australia at 28.

Elliott Parker and Mitch Bellert have established themselves as in-demand session musicians and teachers on the Brisbane scene. The group bonded over a shared love of the records of the Oscar Peterson Trio.

Thanks so much for listening!

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: Akagera(France)-Traverse

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The AKAGERA trio released their debut album ‘Serpente’ in 2019. The subtle blend of African music and jazz laid the foundations for a new sound driven by an unconventional ensemble of instruments. Their new album, ‘Traverse’, is the soundtrack to the imaginary travel diary of three intrepid musicians forced to put a hold on their adventures.


Over a period of three years, they took time out from improvisation sessions to collectively compose a repertoire reflecting the diversity of their backgrounds and influences: classical and contemporary music for Benoit, mixed music from South America and the Caribbean for Stéphane, and African rhythms and Brazilian grooves for David, all to the backdrop of their shared passion for jazz.


The Akagera Trio is a skilled and exciting new trio. With their completely original and instrumental sounds, we are taken on a musical stroll into a world of fierce but playful jazz with innovative orchestrations.
The trio was conceived as a tribute to the album AKAGERA, which was released in 1980 by the Humair-Jeanneau-Texier trio. This new trio aims to take us on a whole new journey.


Like their illustrious predecessors, the Akagera Trio draws its influences from African music (Akagera is the name of a natural reserve in Rwanda, on border with Tanzania) as well as jazz and contemporary music.

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JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2024: Arshid Azarine(Iran)-Vorticity

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Arshid Azarine

Nouvel album Vorticity

Sortie le 12/04/2024 chez Melmax Music

En concert le 04/05/2024 à La Seine Musicale – Printemps du Jazz Persan

Pianiste de jazz, chanteur et compositeur franco-iranien, Arshid Azarine est l’un des grands représentants du jazz persan en France.

Vorticity qui sort le 12 avril 2024 chez Melmax Music est le quatrième album d’Arshid Azarine, imprégné à la fois des événements qui viennent de se dérouler en Iran, et ses deux passions inséparables : la recherche en imagerie cardio-vasculaire et en composition musicale, autour d’un jazz d’inspiration persane.

Après trois albums qui l’ont amené à se produire dans de nombreux concerts et festival internationaux pour ne citer que l’Elbe Philarmonie (Hambourg), Giardini Filarmonica (Rome), Sala Puccini (Milan), et bien sûr Paris avec de multiples fois le New Morning, la Seine Musicale lors des Printemps du Jazz Persan, l’Alhambra, sans citer le Sunside, Arshid Azarine retrouve avec cet album ses deux partenaires de toujours : Habib Meftah aux percussions et au chant, et Hervé de Ratuld à la basse. Pour le premier extrait appelé Vorticity, on découvre en invitée Golshifteh Farahani.

Pour regarder et diffuser le clip de Vorticity feat Golshifteh Farahani :

Arshid Azarine, un des pionniers du « jazz persan », converge et conjugue pour la première fois ses talents de chercheur musical et en imagerie cardio-vasculaire, pour nous dévoiler son dernier album Vorticity.
L’inspiration de certains titres viennent aussi de sa vie personnelle et des événements récents en Iran. En ce sens ce projet composé de neufs titres, promet une expérience sensorielle, touchante et poignante.
Arshid Azarine est accompagné par Habib Meftah (Percussions) et Hervé de Ratuld (Bass). Pour résumer ce nouveau projet, de 9 titres, on peut affirmer que Vorticity n’est pas un album de musique ordinaire : c’est un phénomène en soit… Une œuvre de création totalement singulière dans son expression la plus pure…
Le premier son ouvrant l’album Vorticity est une note de piano très grave. Cette note initiale, alarmante, se transforme ensuite en un motif captivant, beau, doux… mais aussi inquiétant, puisqu’il s’agit en réalité d’une pulsation, d’un bruit de scope, familier pour un médecin mais totalement inattendu ici, surtout lorsque la basse entre en jeu et que les percussions se font entendre en un 6/8 tragique, comme les danses transes funèbres en 6/8, de Bushehr, ville natale de Habib Meftah.

Cette dernière année a été surtout marqué par un engagement d’Arshid Azarine au sein du collectif Barayé, constitué en octobre 2022, en soutien au mouvement Femme, Vie, Liberté. Avec deux points d’orgue : un premier concert au Trianon en décembre 2022, suivi d’un second en avril 2023 au théâtre du Châtelet, retransmis sur TV5. Occasion également de collaborations musicales avec Yasmin Hamdan, Lynn Adib, Cissoko Balaké, Keyvan Chemirani, Awa Ly, Cyril Hatef et Sylvain Barou…

En concert le 04/05/2024 à la Seine Musicale pour le Printemps du Jazz Persan

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Amorosa(Belgium)-Nouvel album Petit Soleil

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Amorosa

Nouvel album Petit Soleil

Sortie le 08 mars 2024 chez Cyprès Records

En Concert au Zébre de Belleville le 21/03/2024

Porté par la chaleur des rythmes brésiliens et l’élégance des harmonies du jazz, le groupe Amorosa revient le 08 mars 2024 avec son second album Petit Soleil.

Amateurs de musiques métissées, curieux, voyageurs, poètes, rêveurs, danseurs, amoureux ou mélancoliques … foncez ! La musique d’Amorosa, portée par la voix chaude et vibrante de la chanteuse française Stéphanie Scultore et 4 merveilleux musiciens brésiliens et bruxellois, vous emmène par delà les frontières connues, sur une terre où se mêlent la musique populaire brésilienne, la chanson française et le jazz pour créer un langage unique, fait d’amour, de fantaisie, de poésie, de souvenirs…

En dix morceaux, l’album Petit Soleil parle du cycle de la vie et nous fait voyager à travers différents rythmes traditionnels brésiliens qui dialoguent avec les racines musicales et poétiques du couple – la chanson française des années 60 à 80, le jazz, le réalisme magique, le surréalisme et les rites populaires. On découvre en premier extrait le titre Cache Cache, écrit sur des rythmes du Nordeste du Brésil utilisés lors des processions de Carnaval. Avec son clip tourné en Camargue, le titre évoque le deuil, comme un au revoir à un être cher.

Né sous le nom initial de Rosa Quartet, Amorosa est un groupe de musique multiculturel basé à Bruxelles porté par la voix de Stéphanie Scultore qui nous entraine dans sa poésie entre la chaleur des rythmes brésiliens et l’élégance des harmonies du jazz.

Amorosa, c’est le fruit de sa rencontre (à la ville comme à la scène) avec le guitariste de jazz, musique brésilienne et compositeur, Matteo Carola. Ils se rencontrent entre deux voyages à Rio de Janeiro et forment ensemble le cœur d’Amorosa. C’est principalement à deux qu’ils créent les morceaux, il compose des chansons qu’elle écrit, elle écrit et compose des chansons qu’il arrange, se complétant et inventant ensemble. Se joignent à eux leur complice de longue date Mathieu Robert au saxophone soprano, le contrebassiste brésilien Filippe Caporali et Falk Schrauwen, aux percussions.

Leur premier album intitulé Chorando Sim (littéralement En pleurant) a vu le jour en 2019. Réalisé par Rudy Coclet (Arno, Dominique A, An Pierlé), l’album raconte, à travers des compositions originales en français, et des adaptations de morceaux traditionnels de samba, les bouleversements d’une rencontre amoureuse.

Depuis ce premier disque, Amorosa a pris de la maturité et revient avec un second album. Plus affirmé et personnel, celui-ci porte le nom de Petit Soleil et comprend 10 titres originaux, en français (hormis un en portugais), tous écrits par Stéphanie Scultore et composés par Matteo Carola.

Petit Soleil parle du cycle de la vie et nous fait voyager à travers différents rythmes traditionnels brésiliens qui dialoguent avec les racines musicales et poétiques du couple – la chanson française des années 60 à 80, le jazz, le réalisme magique, le surréalisme et les rites populaires. C’est un voyage de visages en visages, d’histoires en histoires qui évoque avec nostalgie dans beaucoup de joie, la vie et ses péripéties.

La musique d’Amorosa est généreuse. Tantôt volubile, tantôt calme. A la fois intime et universelle elle tire sa singularité et sa modernité de sa façon de mélanger les genres, les textures, les registres tout en puisant dans les traditions populaires.

On peut déjà découvrir deux extraits en clip sur Youtube, Petit Soleil et Cache Cache. Le groupe sera en concert en France le 21 mars au Zèbre de Belleville.

Stéphanie Scultore : chant, textes, compositions
Matteo Carola : guitare, cavaquinho, chant, compositions
Mathieu Robert : saxophone soprano, shakuhashi, agogô
Filippe Caporali : contrebasse
Falk Schrauwen: percussions

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