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Album Review

Manuel Rocheman: The Touch of Your Lips: Tribute to Bill Evans

Read "The Touch of Your Lips: Tribute to Bill Evans" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The French Naive record label, long known for its fine releases of classical music--particularly its ongoing Vivaldi Opera project--has initiated a jazz stream, highlighting French jazz talent, including pianist Manuel Rocheman's The Touch of Your Lips: Tribute to Bill Evans. It is somehow fitting that a tribute to America's last great pioneer in jazz piano (apologies to Cecil Taylor) comes from the land of the Impressionists. Bill Evans, more than any other pianist--not John Lewis, not Jacques Loussier, not even ...

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Interview

Meet Pianist Manuel Rocheman

Read "Meet Pianist Manuel Rocheman" reviewed by Wajdi Cherif


Manuel Rocheman grew up in a rich and stimulating musical environment as both his parents and grandparents were musicians. His father, a guitarist and actor was the founder of the “Hootenanny" in the American centre in Paris, a place where artists come to perform from all around the globe. A major musical events in Rocheman's childhood was receiving Oscar Peterson solo album Tracks as a gift from his brother. That was a trigger for his jazz career, Rocheman recalls.


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