Reviews
chroniques de CD, DVD
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GOOD / BON |
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VERY GOOD / TRES BON |
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GREAT / COUP DE COEUR |
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A MUST / INDISPENSABLE |
Latest Reviews L’actu des chroniques
| Jazz |
Asha Parkinson – Possession (ENG review)
When art enriches our hearts and minds, as it does here, one can say that we are in front of an exceptional work, and indeed, this is the case.
| Jazz |
Filippo Dall’Asta – The Hot Club Tenerife (ENG review)
This is a form of gypsy jazz that is both highly technical and joyful from start to finish, masterfully led by Filippo Dall’Asta.
| Jazz |
Zack Foley – Silent Boomer X (ENG review)
Once again, since the beginning of this year, we have received such innovative and beautiful vocal jazz albums from the USA and Canada that this one seems rather dull by comparison.
| Jazz |
Greg Amirault Trio – A Change Of Pace (ENG review)
An album that will be pleasant to listen to in the background when you are with friends, or you might be excited if you go see these musicians live, because they are excellent musicians.
| Pop |
ROBERT ELLIS – Texas Piano Man
Si vous êtes nostalgique des slows romantiques et de la pop gentiment ouvragée de la première moitié des seventies, cet album vous fera l’effet d’une enivrante madeleine de Proust.
| Americana |
THE DESLONDES – THE DESLONDES
Cette première livraison (qui date de 2015) ne déparerait pas votre collection, entre le “Groovin'” des Young Rascals et le “Do You Believe In Magic” du Lovin’ Spoonful.
| Jazz |
Christopher Parnis – Everything You Could Be (ENG review)
Regarding this album, from the introduction of the first track, there’s a sense of “déjà vu”, followed by a feeling of weariness as the tracks progress…
| Jazz |
Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra – Innuendo (ENG review)
This is the essence of art, which can and sometimes must be subversive. Tobias Hoffmann is one of those artists who not only do things out of conviction but because it is essential for them.
| Country |
JOSHUA HEDLEY – Neon Blue
Alcoolique réformé, Joshua prétend que c’est le sevrage qui lui a donné l’inspiration d’écrire ses propres chansons, et on le croit volontiers, tant leur dimension autobiographique transpire à chaque couplet.
| Jazz |
JON AND JOHN TRIO – Momentary Lapse
Les trois comparses se sont enfermés trois jours durant au studio parisien OHM, mirent en boîte ces douze pièces sous l’égide du grand Julien Lourau et y témoignent d’un dynamisme et d’une créativité impressionnants.
| Afrobeat |
K.O.G. – Don’t Take My Soul
Co-produites par Guts, ces onze plages oscillent entre ragga-high-life, afro-jazzy-hip-hop, soukous langoureux et zouk.
| Jazz |
Michael Wolff – Memoir (ENG review)
The album “Memoir” is thus the sum of his entire life as an artist, and the result is truly magnificent. This is one of the great jazz albums of 2024.
| Jazz |
Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra – Conspiracy (ENG review)
‘Conspiracy’ is like a cultural brew that has been steeped for several days, like a sonic tornado that hits you head-on and makes you feel alive—the kind of album that takes you by surprise.
| Jazz |
Orin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band – Walk a Mile In My Shoe
Here is an excellent album with the only flaw being that it put the best track first. Everything that follows seems too conventional, even if magnificently performed.
| Folk |
SI KAHN & GEORGE MANN – Labor Day – A Tribute To Hard Working People Everywhere
On en vient à envier la capacité de ces mouvements d’Outre-Atlantique à articuler leurs combats autour de si fiers chants de ralliement…
| Americana, Folk |
EMILY HADEN LEE – The Woman I Would Be
Si Miss Haden se révèle une vocaliste sensible et modulée, voici toutefois un album d’une évanescence confinant à une certaine monotonie (et ce en dépit des efforts louables de ses accompagnateurs pour habiller ses compositions).
The Paul Carlon Quintet – Blues For Vita (ENG review)
Saxophonist and composer, arranger, the tenor saxophonist Paul Carlon invites you into a lush universe reminiscent of Horace Silver and The Messengers, with mostly original compositions.
| Jazz |
Juan Megna Group – Mariwô (ENG review)
The principle of the Juan Megna Group, founded in 2017, is to play original compositions, a successful bet due to the quality of these jazz/ world/ fusion works that burst from all sides.
| Jazz |
Tracy Yang Jazz Orchestra (楊又臻 爵士大樂團) – OR (Operating Room)
The soundscape is as important as the melodic content. Indeed, we find ourselves in a cinematic universe with calm and radiant periods and others that plunge us into a full storm or chaos.
| Americana |
MICHAEL McDERMOTT – Lighthouse On The Shore / East Jesus
Avec le “Passage Du Désir” de Johnny Blue Skies, “Lighthouse On The Shore” s’avère en tout cas en passe de postuler au titre de mon album de l’année, et je vous en souhaite bien fraternellement autant.
| Chanson française, Rock'n'Roll |
JOHNNY HALLYDAY – PIERRE BENVENUTI – EP 4 Titres “Edition Limitée”
Pour se procurer cet EP collector de Johnny Hallyday et Pierre Benvenuti, précipitez-vous chez Rock Paradise (42, rue Duranton 75015 Paris), au métro Boucicaut, ou connectez-vous sur le site des Desperados!
| Jazz |
Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics – Bite Of The Street
As fascinating as it is unclassifiable, the new album by Mac Gollehon takes you into an urban, Hispanic world at the crossroads of jazz, soul music, and electro.
| Jazz |
Omer Leshem – Play Space (ENG review)
The introductions of each piece, as well as the melodies and arrangements, all align to form a meaning, a story of a journey that you will have to guess. Essential.
| Rock 'n roll |
PETER ZAREMBA – Le Comte Psychédélique (45 Tours “édition limitée”)
Un 45 tours INDISPENSABLE, rien que pour l’atmosphère Famille Addams qui en résulte et pour l’accent pointu à couper au couteau de Peter, entre Mick Jagger et Jane Birkin.
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