Stephan Oliva, Susanne Abbuehl, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde – Princess (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:28 minutes | 476 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vision Fugitive
“Princess” is the first recording for the duo of Stéphan Oliva & Susanne Abbuehl with the great Norwegian drummer and percussionist Øyvind Hegg-Lunde. The album have been released on the French independent label Vision Fugitive. The Trio will be on Tour in 2017 & 2018.
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Sébastien Boisseau, Stephan Oliva, Tom Rainey – Orbit (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 52:57 minutes | 921 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Yolk
Oliva, Rainey, Boisseau are the international trio known as ‘Orbit’. In astronomy, an orbit is the trajectory of a star. In anatomy, it is the cavity of the cranium in which the eye and all its appendages can be found. Perhaps the pianist Stéphan Oliva, the drummer Tom Rainey and the bassist Sébastien Boisseau aim to combine the two into music? Who knows. What is certain, is the trajectory of their impeccably tight – but never bland – jazz. Oliva’s well-renowned impressionist piano, that draws inspiration from the likes of Bill Evans and Lennie Tristano, brings the calm as well as the storm. This cinema fan (he has revisited many film scores) is at one here with rhythms as versatile as himself. The balance is perfect between these three men. Oliva never steals the limelight and each works to refine their lyricism with elegance; rife with unexpected twists and very personal improvisations. – Max Dembo
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Jean-Marc Foltz, Stephan Oliva – Indigo (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 48:50 minutes | 801 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vision Fugitive
For the twentieth anniversary of their duo, clarinettist Jean-Marc Foltz and pianist Stéphan Oliva paint, with tenderness and nuance, the portrait of Duke Ellington.
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Jean-Marc Foltz & Stephan Oliva – Gershwin (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2kHz | Time – 45:05 minutes | 645 MB | Genre: Jazz
OStudio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | Digital Booklet | © VISION FUGITIVE
Non, décidément, enregistrer un hommage à George Gershwin ne se résume pas au choix de quelques standards célèbres relus comme à la parade par de bons musiciens. Il y faut, plus encore qu’avec n’importe quel autre répertoire, une compréhension intime de la richesse harmonique, une conscience de l’histoire — comment faire du neuf avec du jamais vieux — et ce savoir spécial qui consiste à éviter tous les clichés jazzistiques tout en s’inscrivant dans une tradition. Trois qualités distinctives que cultivent, depuis déjà plus d’une décennie, le clarinettiste Jean-Marc Foltz et le pianiste Stéphane Oliva. Ils avaient auparavant fréquenté l’ombre intimidante de Giacinto Scelsi, l’un des plus passionnants créateurs de musique contemporaine (Soffio di Scelsi, 2007), revisité en voyageurs engagés le grand répertoire classique pour clarinette et piano (Visions fugitives, 2011) ou plus récemment relu le mythe de Pandore (Pandore, 2016).
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