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Jacky Terrasson

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Jacky Terrasson, winner of the distinctive Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and two time Grammy nominee, was acclaimed by The New York Times Magazine as “one of 30 artists under the age of 30 most likely to make an impact on American culture in the next 30 years.” Since his 1994 Blue Note debut, Jacky Terrasson, he has earned phenomenal worldwide response, ranking among Time magazine’s Top Albums of 1995 and establishing him as a creator of new standards. Los Angeles Times heralds Jacky as “a pianist with a shining improvisational imagination, Terrasson seems clearly determined to follow his own path.” That path has criss-crossed the Atlantic from his native France where at age 12 he discovered his mother’s jazz collection, inspiring him to depart classical piano for the “freedom of expression in improvisation”
Homage and Acknowledgment: A Conversation with Wallace Roney

by AAJ Staff
From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in September 2001. The following conversation took place in Wallace Roney's room at Wyndham Hotel in downtown Montreal on Sunday, July 8th 2001, the day after he performed Miles and Miles: A Musical Journey, his tribute commemorating both the seventy-fifth anniversary of ...
Camille Bertault: la sottile arte della sregolatezza

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
Dopo aver raggiunto improvvisa notorietà grazie a una geniale versione di Giant Steps," divenuta virale su Facebook, Camille Bertault si è affermata come una delle musiciste più originali ed eclettiche del momento. Con Le Tigre, il suo terzo album dopo i successi di En Vie e Pas de Geant, Camille Bertault esplora nuovi brillanti scenari.
Camille Bertault: The Fine Art of Breaking Jazz Conventions

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
After achieving overnight notoriety thanks to a dazzling rendition of Giant Steps" which went viral on Facebook, Camille Bertault has now established herself as one of the most original and genre-defying musicians on the scene. In Le Tigre (Okeh/Sony Music, 2020), her third album after the acclaim garnered by En Vie (Sunnyside Records, 2016) and Pas ...
Leo Parker & Theo Bleckmann

by Joe Dimino
Episode 676 of Neon Jazz is full of modern musicians that continue to give the world quality jazz during a pandemic. It starts with Jacky Terrasson and moves on into the trio known as The Lost Melody. We also hear from singers Theo Bleckmann and the legendary Sheila Jordan. Enjoy the jazz.Playlist Jacky Terrasson ...
Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz 2020

by Luciano Rossetti
Photos from the Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz 2020 festival. Held in Sant'Anna Arresi which is located in the south of Sardinia, the festival ran from August 31 to September 6 and featured Hamid Drake, Alfio Antico, Alexander Hawkins, Anthony Joseph, Jason Yarde, Franco D'Andrea Trio, Jacky Terrasson, Roots Magic, Shabaka Hutchings and The Comet ...
Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz - XXXV Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz Sant'Anna Arresi 31.8-6.9.2020 Trentacinque edizioni di festival sono un traguardo importante. Soprattutto per una manifestazione che si svolge in un piccolo paese del Sud Sardegna e che trasforma un angolo di periferia dell'impero, come amano dire gli organizzatori del festival, in una capitale delle musiche ...
Grégoire Maret / Romain Collin / Bill Frisell: Americana

by Karl Ackermann
Harmonica player and composer Grégoire Maret is not a familiar name in the U.S. but he should be. The New York-based artist has recorded with Jimmy Scott, Jacky Terrasson, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Charlie Hunter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Pat Metheny and many others. The very bankable musician has appeared on over seventy-five releases as a ...
A World of Piano Trios II

by Mark Sullivan
Several parts of the world heard from in this installment: Sweden, Norway, France, and the United States. Esbjorn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) e.s.t. live in Gothenburg ACT Music 2019 Before Swedish jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson's untimely death in 2008, e.s.t. was a sensation. They brought an eclecticism and rock-like ...