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Emile Parisien

Born: October 12, 1982

A key figure in creative and inspired French jazz, Émile Parisien has travelled through the early part of this century in a singular way: a budding young musician from Marciac at the turn of the millennium, the alto and soprano saxophonist has worked hard to explore tradition and history while going far beyond them. This evolution owes much to the curiosity of Émile Parisien, whose profile as a rising jazz star has gradually been refined to reveal a complex artist with a sharp mind.

From his collaborations with Daniel Humair, Vincent Peirani, Joachim Kühn and Michel Portal to his innovations with Jeff Mills and his act quartet, Émile Parisien has established himself in France and on a European scale as a catalyst for new ideas, even on the fringes of established territories (most recently in the XXXX project, alongside Wollny, Lefebvre and Lillinger, also with act).

Floating

By Emile Parisien

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Asian Songs & Rhythms, No. 40; Bonbon; Olive Branch; Badhra; Portal; 66; Ruth; Nusrat; As It Comes And As It Goes; El Toro; Arco.

Emile Parisien: Floating

by Neil Duggan
September 23, 2026

French soprano saxophonist Emile Parisien is a leading light in French and European jazz. Equally at home in contemporary chamber jazz, free improvisation and more traditional settings, he has developed a distinctive musical language shaped by a wide range of collaborators and influences. Floating is the first release from a quartet that emerged from ...

Vincent Peirani "Living Being IV: Time Reflections" Piacenza Jazz 2026

by Danilo Codazzi
March 7, 2026

Michel Portal: Echoes of a Master

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 7, 2026

A heartfelt tribute to Michel Portal, a rare artist equally at home in jazz and classical music, a prolific film composer, fearless improviser, and true multi-instrumentalist. Drawing on recordings made as leader, co-leader, and sideman, the episode traces a career that helped shape a distinctly European jazz voice--rooted in American traditions yet independent in spirit--while remaining ...

Vincent Peirani: Magnetic Dancing on the Cliff

by Daniel Mège
February 8, 2026

There exists a mystery to melody. For example, “Left Alone," composed on a cross-country flight by Mal Waldron and Billie Holiday. In a few hours, the melody and the chords were established, an absolute compositional masterpiece, full stop. So much beauty served by implacable writing rigor: giants achieve it. Vincent Peirani achieves it. “Physical Attraction," released on ...

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2026

Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2026

Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...

Sou Kora

By Vincent Peirani

Label: No Format !
Released: 2025
Track listing: Grana Ob Bora; Il Camino; Amir; Orient Express; Esperanza.

Living Being IV (Time Reflections)

By Vincent Peirani

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Le Cabinet des Énigmes; L.L; Physical Attraction; Clessidra; Better Days; Inner Pulse; Nach E Vlado; Bremain Suite (Under Pressure / Glory Box / I Want You); Phantom Resonanz.