Houria - Stéphane Kerecki trio : a revelation which set Zig-Zag in jazz field !

STÉPHANE KERECKI TRIO MATTHIEU DONARIER I THOMAS GRIMMONPREZ FEATURING : TONY MALABY

NEW CD “HOURIA” RELEASE 23 AVRIL 2009

Awarded with the Grand Prix Jazz of Academy Charles Cros 2007, Stephane Kerecki trio invited the avant gardist saxophonist Tony Malaby, partner of Portal, Humair, Haden, Motian...) to change the trio into a quartet with 2 saxophones for this new cd Houria (Freedom in arabic)

EN CONCERT AU NEW MORNING LE 19 MAI 2009 ET LE 20 MAI : JAZZ EN LUBERON (84), LE 21 MAI : JAZZ SOUS LES POMMIERS (50), LE 22 MAI : AMR DE GENEVE (SUISSE), LE 23 MAI : L'ARROSOIR (71)

‘Simplicity. That was the challenge I had to face when composing the music of this third disc on which we welcome Tony Malaby, whom we met through Daniel Humair early in 2007.

Simplicity, because it's an aspect of music which touches me. Although we didn't discuss the subject with Tony before the recording, it became apparent that he shared the same musical aims : for him, nothing is more exciting than the challenge of simple music, recorded without a safety net, which leads to spontaneous improvisation.

Africa was one of my sources of inspiration, but so was sacred music (O sacrum convivium) in which I was steeped from a very early age. Musics at once different and complex which, I hope, here blend with simplicity.' Stéphane Kerecki

This record is supported by ADAMI, MFA, FACE (franco american cultural exchange)

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