Results for "Nantes"

Christophe Pays

Born: November 23, 1965

Christophe started as a self-taught guitarist in his teens, playing in rock bands. He studied jazz at the EDIM School near Paris, with Daniel Beaussier, Manu Pékar, Vincent Jacqz, Patrick Fradet, and particularly with Eric Schultz. At the same time, he took classes in music analysis and composition with Christine Mennesson at the Conservatoire of Fontenay-sous-bois. In 1999, he met the singer Mia Livolsi and launched a trio (voice, guitar, cello) dedicated to traditional Italian songs. In 2000, he settled in Nantes and started playing with Brazilian percussionist Pedro Martins. He gradually developped his own compositions, and founded his own jazz ensemble, Ellipse, in 2003

Veronika Rodriguez

After conservatoire studies in classical singing, Veronika Rodriguez discovered jazz at the age of 16, by listening to Ella Fitzgerald. Being a fan of vocalists from the American West Coast (June Christy, Chris Connor...), she is also influenced by variety singers from the 1950's : Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee... In esptember of 1984, Veronika met the big band conductor Jean-Philippe Vidal and became the lead vocalist of the Cote Ouest Big Band. They created together a number of performances including For the love of Ella, portrait of Ella Fitzgerald which was a huge succes, not only for the specialists of Ella Fitzgerald, but for the grand public as well. After a US Tour, Veronika introduced a vocal quartet named The Swing Voices following the tradition of The Modernaires, Pied Pipers, Manhattan Transfer for the recording of Radio Days

Alban Darche L'Orphicube: Perception instantanée

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 8, 2014

Col medesimo organico che nel 2013 aveva dato alle stampe l'album omonimo, l'Orphicube capitanato dal vorace sassofonista e compositore Alban Darche confeziona un seguito, che tiene dietro alle positività, nonché a qualche limite prospettico, che quel lavoro aveva suggerito. L'intenzione è sempre quella di “inventare un folklore immaginario in cui si mischiano jazz, ...

Alban Darche: L’OrphiCube: Perception Instantanée

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 30, 2014

French, Nantes-based composer and saxophonist Alban Darche continues to explore the possibilities of transforming variable geometrical ideas inspired by cubist painter Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) as compositional tools for an improvising ensemble. Darche began this work with his nine-musician ensemble, L'OrphiCube (a term that refers the cubist art movement and a poem about Orpheus by poet Guillaume ...

Bojan Z & Julien Lourau Seek Crowd Funding For New Recording

June 2, 2014

After 25 years of lively collaboration and friendship, pianist/keyboardist Bojan Z and saxophonist Julien Lourau are going to record their duo! The duo was created at the Pannonica Club in jny:Nantes, France, at the end of last century, in 1997 to be precise. Some of you still remember this perhaps. 17 years later, it seems relevant ...

The Wøøøh: The Wøøøh: Souvenirs, Souvenirs

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 17, 2014

The Wøøøh is a Danish-French schizophrenic quartet. Its saxophonist thinks that he is is a singer in a rock band and its guitarist is addicted to myriad effects and sonic experimentations. This quartet treats melodies as a springboard to noisy excursions and its intense improvisations are charged with raw, aggressive power. The ...

Alban Darche: my Xmas traX

by Alberto Bazzurro
April 16, 2014

Attingendo a temi natalizi (o lì intorno), spesso presi a prestito per elaborazioni autonome (il tutto puntualmente dichiarato in copertina), il vorace sassofonista di Nantes Alban Darche chiude il 2013 con quello che è non meno del suo quarto album nell'arco di un anno (clicca qui per leggere la recensione dei suoi precedenti CD), evidenziando una ...

China Moses: Crazy Blues

by Mehdi El Mouden
March 18, 2014

Pouring old wine into new bottles has become a specialty of vocalist China Moses and Pianist/Arranger Raphael Lemonnier. Rejuvenating classics with a pint of spirited innovation is a landmark of the duet, who, for their first encounter revisited the best of Dinah Washington, This One's for Dinah. For their second collaboration they pay tribute to great ...

I cubi di Alban Darche

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 12, 2014

Il sassofonista e compositore di Nantes (dove ha fondato la Yolk, editrice di due dei tre CD qui sotto trattati) Alban Darche è certamente musicista vorace e--diremmo--sorretto da non poca autostima. I suoi progetti ruotano attorno a un concetto “cubico" che è generosamente illustrato dalla sua più recente produzione. Le Cube ...

Alban Darche: L’OrphiCube

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 12, 2013

French composer and saxophonist Alban Darche, leader of the big band Le Gros Cube and former member of the l'Orchestre National de Jazz, has worked before in many multidisciplinary formats, among them with choreographer and dancer Nasser Martin- Gusset, director Sylvain Maurice and writer Peter Curling. L'OrphiCube, named after the cubist art movement and a poem ...