La Sultane

Description

For 5 albums, André Manoukian has drawn inspiration from Armenian music as an inexhaustible source, whose colors blend perfectly with modal jazz. His piano becomes his intimate memory, his cultural heritage, a language of tenderness. Between East and West, his compositions are supported by the spectacular phrasing of Mosin Kawa's Indian tablas, the powerful double bass of Gilles Coquard, the cajon of Anissa Nehar, the sumptuous violins of the Orchestre Appassionato conducted by Mathieu Herzog, arranged by himself and Simon Cochard. A horizon without borders, Levantine arabesques like so many initiatory paths, labyrinths that seem to embrace the folds and creases of our memories. Finally, the voice of Arpi Alto, an Armenian diva, delivers two poignant lullabies. "Ma Sultane, that's what my mother called my little sister before devouring her with kisses. A Turkish word to express the overflowing love of Armenian mothers for their daughters. The boys would hear themselves whispered: my Pacha." - André Manoukian