Jazz Articles about Eva Slongo

Eva Slongo: Souffle

by Ian Patterson
July 14, 2022

Improvisation was once a norm for classical musicians, and not just for geniuses such as Bach, Mozart, Liszt or Paganini. That freedom has, to a very large degree, been curtailed by classical music institutions, along with composition. On Souffle, her second album following Inspirations (Unit Records, 2016), Swiss-born, Paris-based violinist Eva Slongo breaks a few metaphorical eggs in bringing the worlds of classical music and jazz together. Of the nine tracks, six are originals, with Slongo's arrangements of Fauré, Beethoven ...

Eva Slongo Quartet at the 2018 Torino Jazz Festival

by Antonio Baiano
May 15, 2018