Jazz Articles about Nicolas Genest

About Nicolas Genest

Radio & Podcasts

Nicolas Genest, Raphaël Pannier, Dhafer Youssef, Clément Janinet & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 23, 2025

Enjoy an episode that revolves around projects that forge compelling bridges between jazz and African music, from Benin to Madagascar, Mali, Senegal and Tunisia.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Nicolas Genest feat. Chris Potter “Midougbe Kpowoun" Danhomey Songs (Pure Capture) 0:16 Host talks 7:50 Raphaël Pannier Quartet feat. Khadim Niang & Sabar Group “Sine Saloum" Live in Saint Louis, Senegal (Miel) 10:01 Aka Moon feat. Doudou N'Diaye Rose ...

Album Review

Nicolas Genest: Danhomey Songs

Read "Danhomey Songs" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn

by Fran Kursztejn
November 22, 2025

Danhomey Songs is French-Beninese trumpeter Nicolas Genest's first record as leader since 2015. Despite a voraciously prolific career working with just about every Francophone master working today, but specifically under the tutelage of Aldo Romano and Henri Texier, he has only produced a handful of recordings as bandleader. Perhaps it is the personages he usually finds himself supporting, the idiosyncratic duo of Romano and Texier or titanic conductors like Terence Blanchard and Wynton Marsalis, or the simple fact of his ...