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About Simon Martineau

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Musician

Simon Martineau est un guitariste de jazz, originaire des Pays de la Loire, installé à Paris depuis 2006. Leader d’un quartet avec Robin Nicaise, Blaise Chevallier et Fred Pasqua (album "One." WeSeeMusicRecords, 2018) et lauréat du Prix International d’Orchestres Jazz (Matmut 2017, 2ème Prix), il se produit régulièrement sur la scène Jazz française et européenne. En tant que sideman, on le retrouve dans le trio du batteur Thomas Delor, groupe avec lequel il réalise plusieurs tournées en France, en Belgique, au Luxembourg et aux Pays Bas (album "The Swaggerer", Fresh Sound New Talent, 2018)

News: Recording

Dot Time Records Announce "Interplay," An Exciting New Album From The François Moutin/Kavita Shah Duo

February 22, 2018

Interplay is a meeting of minds and spirits, one that embraces virtuosity, spontaneity, and lyricism through a repertoire of standards and original music adapted to the unique instrumentation of acoustic bass and voice. It features 11 tracks recorded at Sear Sound Studios in New York and Studio le Meudon in Paris. Kavita Shah and François Moutin ...

Article: Live Review

French Connections - The Jazzdor Experience

by Henning Bolte
January 25, 2018

Jazzdor is a French festival with two annual editions. The main part is held in the Strasbourg area (France) in November and the other one in Berlin (Germany) in June. Both editions present a considerable number of bilateral and multilateral collaborations; an essential part of the festival's philosophy and policy. The Strasbourg festival is ...

Article: Album Review

Wes Montgomery: In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording

Read "In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
January 11, 2018

Resonance Records has done it again--where it is polishing up an old find for the great-sounding and excellently-presented (and not least, legitimate) release it deserves. As par for the label's course, this package boasts quality mastering and a top-notch insert of liner notes, photos and background commentary. It also marks this famous performance's first authorized release ...

Article: Interview

Terri Hinte: Co-Creating the Image of Jazz

by Victor L. Schermer
June 13, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 [This is the second of an All About Jazz series of interviews and articles on “The Many Faces of Jazz Today: Critical Dialogues" in which we explore the current state of jazz around the world with musicians, ...

Article: My Playlist

Krystle Warren

by Vincenzo Roggero
June 8, 2017

Singer-songwriter Krystle Warren was born in Kansas City, and after spending several years in New York City, moved to Paris. In addition to important collaborations with the likes of Erykah Badu, Keziah Jones, Zap Mama, Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, she has also released two EPs and two full-length albums with her long-time band, The Faculty. ...

Article: Album Review

ALA.NI: You & I

by James Nadal
June 4, 2017

Romantic poetry set to music can never go out of style, for it describes fundamental human emotions in a creative fashion. With the conceptual collection You & I, vocalist and composer ALA.NI presents a beautiful blend of chanson inspired lyrical rhythm, laced with vintage American jazz. Able to capture the essence of love in song, she ...

Article: Catching Up With

Louis Hayes: Still Moving Straight Ahead

by Joan Gannij
May 23, 2017

Louis Hayes will turn 80 on May 31 (2017), but the party is still goin' hearty. He started celebrating this milestone back in February with an 18-day tour that began in Barcelona and concluded in Amsterdam. It was mostly one-nighters with three nights in Athens, two in Paris and London appearances at the usual places, like ...

Article: Album Review

Eric Bibb: Migration Blues

Read "Migration Blues" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
March 26, 2017

Eric Bibb says in the sleeve note to Migration Blues, his most politicized album to date: “The way I see it, prejudice towards our brothers and sisters who are currently called 'refugees' is the problem. Fear and ignorance are the problems. Refugees are not 'problems'--they are courageous fellow human beings escaping dire circumstances." ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Pisaro: Resting in a Fold of the Fog

Read "Resting in a Fold of the Fog" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
March 16, 2017

The popularity of Michael Pisaro is ongoing; the composer and guitarist now averages an impressive four releases a year, not all on Editions Wandelweiser, as was once the case, but across a variety of labels including his own Gravity Wave, and Erstwhile. Potlatch is a recent addition to the fold; this release is the second on ...