Nicolas Rageau

Parisian bassist who has been living in New York between 1994 and 2000. Back in France he has been sustaining an important activity in Parisian clubs (Duc des Lombards, New Morning, Sunset/Sunside...), in french festivals (Marciac, Montlouis, JVC / Paris La Villette...) and internationally (Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Italy, Belgium, USA, Canada, St Lucia...). He has been performing over the years with many foreign and french musicians like Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Kenny Wheeler, Peter King, Jesse Davis, Ignassi Terazza, Alain Jean-Marie, Roger Guerin, André Villeger, Lew Tabackin, George Brown, Oliver Johnson, Christian Escoudé, Claude Bolling, Maxime Saury, André Persiany, Tony Lakatos, Saul Rubin, Joshua Breakstone, Valery Ponomarev, Frank Gant, Bob Mover, Jimmy Lovelace, Grant Stewart, Joe Magnarelli, Justin Robinson, Yutaka Shiina, Peter Bernstein, Yannick Rieu, Stéphane Belmondo, Paolo Fresu, Manu Katche, Michel Graillier...

Ramona Horvath: Absinthe

by Artur Moral
December 22, 2025

How could one not connect with someone who, from her debut album as a leader, Lotus Blossom (Black & Blue, 2017), demonstrated such knowledge and admiration for Billy Strayhorn's timeless compositions? Or who, in the liner notes of her new project, counts among her supporters fellow pianists of the stature of Giovanni Mirabassi, Ignasi Terraza and Pierre de Bethmann? Something old, something new, something borrowed... Certainly, a quick glance at the repertoire of this Ramona Horvath Trio's release ...

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Ramona Horvath Trio: Carmen's Karma

Read "Carmen's Karma" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
January 25, 2024

Ramona Horvath grew up in Romania under communist rule. Her father was a classical cellist, her mother an art restorer. By age three, she was eagerly exploring the piano in a home filled with music of many kinds (Romanian, European classical, Jewish, American). Willis Conover's nightly broadcasts on Voice of America (the family listened in secret) introduced her to jazz. After graduating from Bucharest Conservatory, she moved to Paris to study with Romanian jazz pianist Jancy Korossy, and has remained ...