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Franck Amsallem
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Franck Amsallem was born in 1961 in Oran (Algeria), and then grew up in Nice, France. His parents, having repatriated the family piano, started him on classical piano at seven, which he gave up a few years later. The large family, the cramped apartment weren’t at all propitious surroundings for the old teacher’s stale lessons. Still, however, the family owned a large collection of 45 RPM records where Ray Charles mixed with Glenn Miller and the Four Tops. In all logic then, he was seduced in adolescence, by the sound of the blues and swing and started taking music lessons at the Nice Conservatory where, considered too old for the piano (!), he signed up for classical saxophone and soon earned a first prize.
New Music From Joe Lovano, Peter Erskine, George J. Gilliam And More
by Bob Osborne
This collection offers a sophisticated journey through the expansive landscape of contemporary jazz, balancing reverent interpretations of the tradition with bold, experimental frontiers. From intimate trio dialogues and reimagined standards to the sweeping textures of modern orchestral arrangements, these selections highlight the genre's remarkable ability to evolve while staying rooted in its core values of improvisation ...
The Summer Knows (Un été 42)
Label: Continuo Jazz
Released: 2025
Track listing: Blue Gardenia; La Chanson D'Helene; You Won't Forget Me; The Summer Knows (Un été 42);
Unforgettable; Cotton Trails; Agrigento; It Never Was You; Morning Star; Disclosure.
Sacha: Paris After Dark
Label: Hear Me Roar Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Je Reviens Te Chercher; Si tu Vois Ma Mère;; Ne Me Quitte Pas/I'm a Fool to Want You; April in Paris; Et si tu
n'existais pas; La Javanaise; Smile; Love in Portofino; In the Still of the Night; La Belle Vie
Ramona Horvath: Absinthe
by Artur Moral
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 ...
Sacha Boutros: Sacha: Paris After Dark
by Pierre Giroux
With Sacha: Paris After Dark, vocalist Sacha Boutros, delivers an elegant and lovingly crafted tribute to a century of French and American song, drawing on the enduring traditions of both genres with the care of someone deeply familiar with their roots. Recorded with a seasoned Franco-American ensemble including trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo, pianist Franck Amsallem, guitarist Hugo ...
Si tu Vois Ma Mère
Album: Sacha: Paris After Dark
By Sacha Boutros
Label: Hear Me Roar Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 04:21
Blue Gardenia
Album: The Summer Knows (Un été 42)
By Franck Amsallem
Label: Continuo Jazz
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:14
Franck Amsallem: A Jazz Life From New York To Paris
by Frank Housh
Franck Amsallem is a Paris-based pianist, singer, and composer educated in the United States. His debut recording, Out A Day (OMD, 1992) with Gary Peacock and Bill Stewart was recently reissued and remastered (streaming only), and his most recent album The Summer Knows (Un été 42) was released May 10, 2025. The Summer Knows ...
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