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Airelle Besson & Lionel Suarez: Blossom

Read "Blossom" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 6, 2026

Trumpet-accordion duos are rare enough to be filed under 'endangered species,' so infrequent are sightings. Dave Douglas and Guy Klucevsek broke cover with a number of duets on the quartet album Charms of the Night Sky (Winter & Winter, 1998), but it was another quarter of a century before the population doubled with the appearance of Eric Vloeimans' and Will Holshouser's live duo album Two For the Road (V-Flow Records, 2022). One or two trumpet-accordion pairs have since been spotted ...

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Airelle Besson, Lionel Suarez: Au Lait

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 10, 2026

On Blossom, Airelle Besson and Lionel Suarez offer a compelling illustration of how instrumentalists can be storytellers just as eloquent as singers. The choice of material highlights the French duo's distinctly cinematic sensibility, with an inspired selection of originals, freely improvised pieces and compositions by kindred spirits with a strong narrative voice, such as Carla Bley. But on “Au Lait," their lyricism reaches a particularly striking level. This composition by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays becomes the ideal ...

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The French Scene - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 31, 2020

Here's more jazz from the scene by the Seine, featuring the lyricism of Emile Parisien, Vincent Courtois, the rhythmic hypnosis of The Recyclers and Benoît Delbecq, the sketches of Miles by Airelle Besson and Médéric Collignon, the urban vibes of Antoine Berjeaut and Guillaume Perret and much more. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Edward Perraud “Élévation" Espaces (Label Bleu) 0:16 Host talks 3:33 Barthelemy -Lazro -Marguet -Tchamitchian ...

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Airelle Besson e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
August 4, 2016

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Airelle Besson: La melodia. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. A.B. : L'impegno, l'ascolto, l'entusiasmo. AAJ: Come musicista, il mio principale difetto. A.B.: L'interpretazione costante nella vita di tutti i giorni. AAJ: La mia più grande paura quando suono. A.B.: Nessuna vera paura. AAJ: Sogno di ...

Album Review

Airelle Besson and Nelson Veras: Prelude

Read "Prelude" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 21, 2015

French trumpeter and composer Airelle Besson and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras have stuck up quite the duet relationship that manifests itself properly on the present Preludes. The trumpet/guitar format is not your typical duo, but it works extremely well in the hands of these two like-minded musicians. The two share a warm aural intimacy even more profound than various piano-based duets. Besson is a lyrical trumpeter who favors long melodic lines not afraid to tell a story ...