Airelle Besson, Edouard Ferlet & Stéphane Kerecki – Aïrés (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:24 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Édouard Ferlet has already explored intriguing byways for the Alpha label: in 2015 he and Violaine Cochard recorded ‘Plucked Unplucked’, an album associating piano and harpsichord – a successful venture that will soon see a follow-up. The bassist Stéphane Kerecki has already made several recordings for Outhere, including ‘Nouvelle Vague’, a prizewinner at the Victoires de la Musique. The career of the trumpet player Airelle Besson has been on a high since 2015, when she won both the Prix Django Reinhardt of the Académie du Jazz and the ‘Révélation’ Award at the Victoires du Jazz. These three jazz musicians met and decided to form a trio in order to combine their universes and their ambitions. Here is the fruit of their first year of companionship, a programme presenting compositions by each of them, an album wearing the colours of jazz but featuring several tracks directly inspired by great standards of the classical repertoire, including ‘Es ist vollbracht’ from Bach’s St John Passion, the Pavanes of Ravel and Fauré, the Valse sentimentale of Tchaikovsky, and Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance, which can be recognised behind the ‘Stances du sabre’. The refinement of the compositions and the playing and the musicians’ capacity for listening to each other are a source of endless pleasure and fulfilment.
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Airelle Besson – Try! (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:37 minutes | 558 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Trumpeter Airelle Besson signs ” Try ! “, his second album as a leader. At the head of her quartet, which brings together singer Isabel Sörling on vocals, pianist Benjamin Moussay and drummer Fabrice Moreau, she offers a mesmerizing opus. Between aerial reverie and luminous counterjour, the ear floats and escapes the earthly attraction.
More than four years after “Radio One”, trumpeter and composer Airelle Besson returns with Isabel Sörling (vocals), Benjamin Moussay (piano, Fender Rhodes, bass synth) and Fabrice Moreau (drums). Born between the two confinements of 2020, ” Try ! “(Papillon Jaune/L’autre Distribution) is announced for February 05, 2021.
The quartet did more than try… it succeeded an album whose aerial repertoire enchants. The subtle tones of ” Try ! “dance between shadow and Light, Between Earth and space. Emotions are at the rendezvous.
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Airelle Besson – Radio One (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 52:53 minutes | 540 MB | Genre: Jazz
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L’idée de monter un quartet de ce genre n’est pas nouvelle pour la talentueuse Airelle Besson. En effet, elle avoue en 2014 (année des premières répétitions avec le groupe) qu’elle avait passé les cinq années précédentes à potasser le sujet. Très rapidement l’alchimie entre les membres du groupe prend place et Airelle Besson affirme son choix de collaboration avec Benjamin Moussay (piano, synthé ) et Fabrice Moreau (batterie). La découverte de la perle rare se fera plus tard en la personne d’Isabel Sörling. La Scandinave à la voix d’agent utilise parfois son organe vocal comme un instrument, rendant le jazz mélodieux d’Airelle Besson encore plus aérien. Organique et minimaliste de bout en bout, l’ensemble musical de Radio One est gracieux et délicat. En plaçant l’émotion au cœur du projet, le quartet transforme son jazz en nuage où les auditeurs prendront plaisir à se poser. Formation atypique pour la nouvelle étoile de la trompette française, cette formation offre un véritable bol d’air créatif à la musicienne récemment récompensée.
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