Renaud Garcia-Fons – Le Souffle des cordes (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:54 minutes | 683 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Renaud Garcia-Fons est l’un des virtuoses de la contrebasse les plus célèbres au monde. Depuis plus de vingt ans, il pense la contrebasse comme un instrument soliste, forge sa propre technique et développe un langage qui n’appartient qu’à lui. Son style unique est immédiatement reconnaissable. Il a à son actif quinze albums en tant que leader et compositeur, dans lesquels il produit une musique au carrefour des musiques du monde, du jazz, de la musique classique et des musiques traditionnelles. Le répertoire original, composé par Renaud Garcia-Fons, est issu d’une véritable démarche d’écriture, qui respecte l’authenticité du jeu, du style et la culture de ces instruments de traditions différentes. Plus qu’un simple rapprochement, l’ensemble Le souffle des cordes témoigne d’une véritable envie de partage et d’échange entre les cultures.
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Renaud Garcia-Fons – Arcoluz (2005/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:11 minutes | 723 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Renaud Garcia-Fons brings a rare passion and understanding to the bass. His approach is pure genius, seen in the way he styles his pizzicato and in the manner he opens the arco to encompass melodic and improvisatory richness.
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Renaud Garcia-Fons, Claire Antonini – Farangi (Du baroque à l’Orient) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:41 minutes | 723 MB | Genre: World Fusion, Ethnic Jazz, Neoclassical
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The first half of this duo plays the theorbo, an impressive kind of lute which comes from Renaissance Italy, featuring six to eight strings that are played, while six others resound harmoniously by means of vibration. The other simply plays a double bass, but his inventive and virtuose technique is still just as renowned. Throughout his own projects or his collaborative efforts with Dhafer Youssef, Angélique Ionatos and even Paul Simon, Renaud Garcia-Fons has proved that this giant of both jazz and classical orchestras can do grand things for pushing the limits of the imagination. The delicate dialogue between the two virtuosos goes back in time (and even takes steps to deconstruct it), highlighting the poetic bridges between Oriental and Western sounds. Farangi is made up of original compositions which call upon the cultural splendours of Persia (Légende persane, Le Sommeil de Manjûn, Sahneh Mountains) and mystical Ottoman whispers (Comme un derviche amoureux, Nove Alla Turca, Tocsin de Palmyre). It breathes new life into the golden age of the Andaluz (Toledo del Greco) and ties together the refinement of baroque music to the freedom of jazz. Full of knowledge but ultimately incredibly transparent, Farangi (“stranger” in Persian) is not to be feared: it provides invaluable riches. – Benjamin MiNiMuM
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