Louise

Description

EMILE PARISIEN BACK ON DISK WITH A STUNNING SEXTET! The one that Francis Marmande described in Le Monde as "the best news in European jazz for a long time" has assembled a high-level Franco-American sextet for this new album, the seventh he has released as a leader or co-leader with ACT. "It was time for me to return to the source of the love I have for this music," explains Emile Parisien. A return to the roots that makes perfect sense in the choice to collaborate here with trumpeter Theo Croker. Parisien and Croker met in 2018 on the "JazzAnimals" tour and quickly developed a strong musical connection along with a true friendship. The energetic presence of drummer Nasheet Waits runs throughout the album, and he forms a very tight rhythm section with Joe Martin, one of the most sought-after bassists on the New York scene. Manu Codjia and Roberto Negro, for their part, are two of Emile Parisien's closest musical accomplices. Louise is a remarkable album on which fierce energy coexists with true sweetness. The subtleties and joys emerge with each listen of a record that expresses more than any other to date the exceptional character and creative personality of one of the most important jazz musicians in Europe.