Here is sparkling evidence of the entente and virtuosity that can exist between two major figures in French jazz, namely pianist Martial Solal and trumpeter Éric Le Lann. Each of these artists has developed a unique understanding of the other, enabling them to construct spontaneous, almost telepathic conversations whose principal quality is total freedom, a liberty of expression fostered by an exceptional ability to hear one’s partner while constantly taking risks... Portrait in Black and White is one of those conversations, and it has daring and intimate exchanges between these two giants captured live in a magic moment onstage.
Augustin Bondoux / Patrick Frémeaux

THE MAN I LOVE (GEORGE & IRA GERSWIN) • PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE (ANTÔNIO CARLOS JOBIM) • ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (THELONIOUS MONK) • WELL YOU NEEDN’T (THELONIOUS MONK) • BODY AND SOUL (EDWARD HEYMAN, JOHNNY GREEN, ROBERT SOUR ET FRANK EYTON) • LE BLEU D’HORTENSE (ÉRIC LE LANN) • QUE RESTE-T-IL DE NOS AMOURS (CHARLES TRÉNET / LÉO CHAULIAC) • INVITATION (BRONISLAW KAPER/ NED WASHINGTON) • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE (COLE PORTER).


MARTIAL SOLAL, PIANO • ÉRIC LE LANN, TROMPETTE

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