Since his last album, Waiting for the Moon (Saravah-1998), the magnificent Catalan pianist and composer, Jean-Pierre Mas, has maintained a low profile, dedicating himself to his work on movie scores. Now, the pianist has decided to end his recording silence with (H)ombre. (The title is a play-on-words, hombre being the Spanish word for man, ombre being the French word for shadow)
On (H)ombre , Jean-Pierre Mas has created a portrait of his musical family. In his studio in the county of Essone in France, the pianist invited his musical friends to take part in this special recording. The group on the record includes Xavier Desandre (percussion) and Andre Ceccarelli (drums), Daniel Mille (accordion and acordina) Juan Jose Mosalini (bandoneon), Sylvain Marc (electric bass), Didier Lockwood (violin), and Idriss Boudrioua (tenor/soprano saxophone).
In addition, Toots Thielemans makes an appearance on the track
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